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Lewis, G. Edward

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View westward from Quito-Riobamba highway to El Chimborazo volcano. Chimborazo, Ecuador. 1946
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Jivaro Indian man and woman on jungle trail 1/2 mile south of airstrip at Sucua with more Jivaros dressed in Sunday best. Note: the Jivaros are the headhunters who kill with poisoned blowgun darts (curare) and then shrink the victim's head to the size of an orange. Santiago-Zamora, Ecuador. 1950.
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Arenal de Pancahuan. Napo Pastaza, Ecuador. 1946.
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Bed of black ash overlain by bed of white ash (diatomaceous?) from old lake bottom (?) in which aquatic plants were buried in growth position, died, decayed, and molds of their stems were filled up by wet black ash forced up from below (?). Note black streaks in white bed overlying black bed. East side of Culapachan canyon, road cut, Ambato-Pillaro road. Tungurahua, Ecuador. 1950.
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Ophiacodon sp., MCZ 2977. Sketch A: Ground transverse section through the first vertebra in the string. Unshaded areas represent matrix. Early Permian Vertebrates from the Cutler Formation of the Placerville area, Colorado. 1959. Published as Fig. 10-A, U.S.G.S. Professional paper 503-C. 1965.
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