PREHISTORIC (MAN IN THE: NEW WORLD 
high pitch of excellence. They utilized both cotton and 
the wool of the alpaca and vicufia, designs being either 
woven into the fabric, embroidered, painted on, or dyed. 
Featherwork was also highly developed, as were wood- 
carving, inlaying, and the manufacture of jewelry studded 
Fic. 109. Section from design of a painted vase; ancient Peru. 
Interpreted as portraying a victorious war chief saluting his sov- 
ereign. After Squier 
with emeralds. The people regularly wore clothing, some- 
times of an elaborate character, along with caps, sandals, 
and necklaces. 
In architecture the Peruvians carried building in stone 
to a point in some respects scarcely ever equaled in any 
land. The Incas understood thoroughly how to handle 
and transport vast building blocks, with which they con- 
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