Manners and monuments of prehistoric peoples (1892)
Nadaillac, Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de, 1818-1904, D'Anvers, N., d. 1933 · New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 380
Fig.105) is situated nearthe village of Palca;it rises from an exca-vation four feet deep ; ^^- loS.-Chulpa near Palca. its height is about sixteen feet, and the cornice consistsof ichu, a coarse grass which grows in abundance on themountains, and which after being firmly compressed wascut with the… … 358 PREHISTORIC PEOPLES. chambers of a peculiar construction, being often formedof round pieces of wood, five to seven feet long byfive to six inches in diameter; near the bodies \vere2:)laced a few ornaments, chiefly copper ear-rings, shellbeads, and large flint knives. Most of the skeletonslay on…
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