amuletos contra espíritus malignos (Uhle, 1900, p. 19). En la carta del 25 de noviembre puede anunciar con orgullo el haber encontrado contextos funerarios con «old fine Huacas [huacos]» registrados de acuerdo con sus contextos respectivos (Uhle, 1900, p. 22) y describe brevemente un cementerio tardío que contiene básicamente cerámica chimú. En la página 31 presenta un croquis con la ubicación de los lugares donde excavó y describe detalladamente las evidencias encontradas. Cuando usa el término «Chimú» parece referirse a lo que llama «Early Chimu» o Moche-Mochica y deja en claro que la cerámica en Chan Chan es diferente y separada de la última por varios periodos (pp. 33-34). Asimismo, especula (pp. 34-35) que: if the civilization to which the red painted ware belongs was the oldest one in these northern parts of Peru, it should be presumed that, if there existed an old connection of the civilizations of Central and South America, traces of it should be so much more observable in the productions of this civilization […].The «Huaca del Sol» has a stronger similarity with Mexican pyramids than any other pyramidal structure of Ancient Peru. The types of clay figures, and especially the representation of the faces on them, reminds one in this period much closer of the types of figures in ancient Mexico than in any other period of ancient Peru. En su carta del 2 de diciembre anota que: I venture to say that my excavations get more and more the appearance of my work done near the temple at Pachacamac, that is broad systematical excavations in the neighborhood of important ancient historical monuments with extensive collections of objects of historical distinction and broad historical facts as results (p. 53). Asimismo, describe una cámara funeraria con asociaciones importantes y reitera su inclinación «to believe that I always am finding more reason […] that this civilization had a more northern source. Perhaps I would not object to a Central American origin». Además, es enfático en señalar que Chan Chan es de origen reciente y no tiene relación alguna con la cerámica fina (Mochica) separada de la primera por varios siglos: If my present collection is different from that formed at Pachacamac, as far as it contains less objects of wood and nearly no stuffs [probablemente se refiere a tejidos, en alemán «Stoffe»], it excels it on the other hand by many objects of very rare aspect and extraordinary value, and besides it, it is beginning to get a much finer level for the whole by the high value of each objects for the general (p. 54). 20
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