Smithsonian Report. I ^32. — Shippee 



Plate l 



1. An aerial Photograph of the West End of the Great Wall with 

 THE Ocean in the background 



There is a great confusion of walls throughout the delta of the Santa River. The photograph .shows 

 several in addition to the Great Wall itself, one of which parallels it for a considerable distance and 

 then turns sharply to join it. At the seaward end of the more clearly defined sections of these two 

 parallel walls can be seen the faint outlines of the ruined village mentioned in the text. The road 

 at the right of the photograph is maintained by the Peruvian Government in connection with a small 

 salt-evaporating works located a few miles inland. 



2. A SECTION OF THE WALL A SHORT DISTANCE UP THE VALLEY FROM FIGURE 



1 (ABOVE) 



Here a secondary wall branches ofT from the main wall. On the hill in the foreground is one of the 

 terrace fortresses of which many examjiles are to be found on the coastal hills that border the Santa 

 Delta. The two roads — one in the immediate foreground and the other between the wall and the for- 

 tified hill— appear well traveled, but it should be remembered that on the rainless Peruvian coast the 

 tracks of wheeled vehicles may remain clearly visible for years. 



