- Figure 1.5. While excavating in 1891 at Ancón, George Dorsey divided the graves he found into six groups. Group 1 consisted of a pit containing one individual, wrapped in cloth; Dorsey considered this burial type to be that of a poor person. Group 2 consisted of the same kind of pit, but with the added feature of an inverted vessel above the body. Seven of the nine Group 2 burials were those of children. Dorsey classified only four graves as belonging to Group 3, defined by a stone-lined shaft that could be more than eight feet deep. Group 4 graves, more than six feet deep, contained more than one person (in one instance, 17 individuals). Group 5 (Dorsey’s most numerous category) consisted of graves nine feet deep, with a single mummy and a roof of hard clay. Group 6 consisted of three graves that were lined with white clay, carefully smoothed, and with finger impressions still visible. Dorsey noted that most individuals had their toes and fingers tied together with string; a few had their hair held in place by a sling. Mummy bundles in this illustration are shown in blue. [Here we retain Dorsey’s original scale, which used “feet,” rather than meters.]