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Title: Bulletin
Identifier: bulletin14321946smit (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Subjects: Ethnology
Publisher: Washington : G. P. O.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Vol. 2) PUNA AND QUEBRADA DE HUMAHUACA—CASANOVA 627 WARFARE Frequent wars with neighboring tribes and even between the local tribes created a warlike spirit, which was evinced in the bravery with which these people, particularly the Humahuaca, opposed the Whites and were overcome only after a bitter struggle. The cacique directed the war, with the advice of his council. Fighting by ambush and by surprise attacks was preferred, but, when on the defensive, the Indians took refuge in the pucaras, or fortifications. Watchtowers were erected on all the strategic hills. They stationed sentinels and used spies to learn the movements of the enemy. Weapons consisted of bows and arrows (fig. 55, left) with heads of stone, bone, and wood, bolas (libes) (fig. 55, center), woven slings (fig. 55, right), spears, axes, and clubs, the last two usually of stone, although there are magnificent specimens of bronze. k
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3 I Figure 55.—Humahuaca artifact types. Left: Bow and arrows with points of wood and stone. Center: Bolas. Right: A woven sling. (All one-tenth actual size.)

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