A Survey of Ancient Peruvian Art. 389 



This brings us to the end of our subject. When, in 1531, the 

 Spanish conquest of Peru began, the Inca dominion — Ttahua- 

 ntin-suyu — was being torn to pieces by a civil war between the 

 legitimate ruler, Huascar and the usurper Atahualpa. Subse- 

 quent evolution in Peruvian Art lies beyond the scope of the 

 present work, 



towards the formation of Tiahuanaco II. Moreover, as Tiahuanaco II 

 art grew older it became more and more complex, spreading, at the same 

 time, into regions very far away from Tiahuanaco itself. The fact that 

 the specimens of Tiahuanaco II art from the more distant regions often 

 show the admixture of elements taken over directly and bodily from 

 Proto-Chimu and Proto-Nasca art, shows that, even when Tiahuanaco II 

 was approaching its end, the two early coast arts were still vigorous. 

 The dates on the above table, therefore, should not be regarded as the 

 terminal dates of the culture periods, but as the approximate dates at 

 which each was at its strongest development. 



