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A Stone Carving on the Galapagos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

P. D. Orcutt
P. D. Orcutt*
Affiliation:
Peabody Museum, Harvard University
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A stone face about 2 m. high was observed and photographed on Floriana (Charles) Island in the Galapagos by Philip H. Lord while on a cruise in February, 1949. The face was reported as being at an elevation of between 300 and 400 meters at which altitude potable water occurs. Within 100 meters is a small cave containing marine shells, whether naturally occurring or transported not being determined. The face is covered with lichen which may provide a further clue to its antiquity.

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Information
American Antiquity , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , January 1953 , pp. 270
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1953

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