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Page 124
... carried his arms as far as the river Mauli , in lat . S. 34 ° 30 ' . Ulloa's Voyage , vol . ii . p . 266. Molina's History of Chili , vol . ii . p . 10 . currence ; they are called Huacas , by the natives 124 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES .
... carried his arms as far as the river Mauli , in lat . S. 34 ° 30 ' . Ulloa's Voyage , vol . ii . p . 266. Molina's History of Chili , vol . ii . p . 10 . currence ; they are called Huacas , by the natives 124 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES .
Page 125
... Huacas were al- ways suitable to the character , dignity , or riches of the person interred . " A few of these structures require , for the purposes of this investigation , a specific description . The Panecillo of Callo , a few leagues ...
... Huacas were al- ways suitable to the character , dignity , or riches of the person interred . " A few of these structures require , for the purposes of this investigation , a specific description . The Panecillo of Callo , a few leagues ...
Page 126
... Huacas at Lambayeque are about thirty feet high , one hundred and sixty feet square , and of a pyramidal shape , and in the in- terior of one of them is a wall made of adobes of different sizes . ‡ In Chile we sometimes find tumuli ...
... Huacas at Lambayeque are about thirty feet high , one hundred and sixty feet square , and of a pyramidal shape , and in the in- terior of one of them is a wall made of adobes of different sizes . ‡ In Chile we sometimes find tumuli ...
Page 127
... huacas , and that those of ordinary individuals were deposited in common graves . Many of these bodies appear to have undergone the process of embalming , as was the case , according to Garcillasso de la Vega , with the remains of the ...
... huacas , and that those of ordinary individuals were deposited in common graves . Many of these bodies appear to have undergone the process of embalming , as was the case , according to Garcillasso de la Vega , with the remains of the ...
Page 132
... huacas differ little in shape from ours , and are composed , some of copper , ‡ and some of the gallinazo stone : spear - heads of the latter substance are also met with , and heads of the maize , carved in stone with much delicacy and ...
... huacas differ little in shape from ours , and are composed , some of copper , ‡ and some of the gallinazo stone : spear - heads of the latter substance are also met with , and heads of the maize , carved in stone with much delicacy and ...
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