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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 70 



ANTHROPOLOGICAL WORK IN PERU AND BOLIVIA 



In October, 1917, i\Ir. Philip Ains worth ]\Ieans, honorary collabor- 

 ator in American archeology, U. S. National Museum, reached Peru 

 to do archeological work. A short time was first spent in the vicinity 

 of Lima, during- which were studied several ruins about the capital, 

 under guidance of Drs. Jose de la Riva-Aguero and Julio C. Tello. 

 Two of the least known places visited were Maranga and Pando. 

 They are very close together and are about 6 miles northwest of 

 Lima. In its prime, Maranga (see fig. 76) had four fine terraces 

 with a spacious terreplein at the top. At the bottom, the pyramid is 



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Fig. 74. — The raised end of the chief room in the small palace at Pando. 

 Note the attractive arabesque patterns in the stucco which covers the 

 walls. 



about 450 feet scjuare and the summit terreplein is about 250 feet 

 '^y 350- ilie material of construction is adobe. This pyramid is 

 probably of Inca construction ; it is much like the Inca built Temple 

 of the Sun at Pachacamac and has yielded many Inca artifacts. 

 Lying somewhat north and northwest of Maranga are the ruins 

 of Pando. These cover an immense amount of ground and consist 

 of several pyramids even larger than ^laranga, but not so well 

 preserved. The old city at this place was enclosed in a massive 

 wall with easily defended gateways. These latter were narrow, and, 

 at either side, sunk in the thickness of the wall there was a raised 

 platform or niche where possibly a guard could stand and effectu- 

 ally oppose ingress. 



