''Los Restos Indígenas de Pichilemu'' (''The Indigenous Remains of Pichilemu'') was a 1908 book published by Chilean

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

José Toribio Medina José Toribio Medina Zavala (; October 21, 1852 - December 11, 1930) was a Chilean bibliographer, prolific writer, and historian. He is renowned for his study of colonial literature in Chile, printing in Spanish America and large bibliographies su ...

. Medina presents a report of his examination to indigenous rests found in a

Pichilemu Pichilemu (, ), originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province in the O'Higgins Region. The commune comprises an urban centre and twenty-two villages, including Ciruelo ...

grotto (currently named ''Virgin's Grotto''— es, Gruta de la Virgen) by

Agustín Ross Agustín Ross Edwards (February 5, 1844 – October 20, 1926) was a Chilean politician, diplomat, and banker. He was son of David Ross and Carmen Edwards Ossandon; both were of British ancestry. He was married to Susana De Ferari. Biography Ro ...

and Evaristo Merino in 1908. The book contains two sheets, that show some tools that

Promoucae Promaucae, also spelled as ''Promaucas'' or ''Purumaucas'' (from Quechua ''purum awqa'': wild enemy), were an indigenous pre-Columbian Mapuche tribal group that lived in the present territory of Chile, south of the Maipo River basin of Santiago, Ch ...

s indigenous used. File:Los Restos Indígenas de Pichilemu (1908)-lámina 1.jpg, One of Medina's sheet, published originally in the book.

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Los Restos Indígenas de Pichilemu ''Los Restos Indígenas de Pichilemu'' (''The Indigenous Remains of Pichilemu'') was a 1908 book published by Chilean historian José Toribio Medina José Toribio Medina Zavala (; October 21, 1852 - December 11, 1930) was a Chilean bibliographer ...

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