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At the western side of Pando there are the remains of a fine 

 though small palace or temple. Although it is only about 85 feet 

 square, this little building is remarkable on account of the attractive 

 arabesque patterns made in the stucco coating of the walls. (See 

 fig. 74. ) The western end of the main room was provided with a 

 platform raised some 3 feet above the rest of the floor. Behind 

 this there was a passage (fig. 75) which led to other apartments. 

 It is not now possible to know exactly what sort of roof there was, 

 for the wind has eroded the tops of the walls and signs of roof 

 beams or joists are no longer visible. The present inhabitantsof this 



-Corridor of the small palace at Pando. A dwelling of present 

 inhabitants in the background of the picture. 



ruin are a wretched Indian family who live in the crude shelter made 

 <)i ])urlap and old gasoline cans seen in figure j=^. 



j-'rom Lima .Mr. Means went to .\re(|uipa and La I 'a/, and while 

 at the latter place he visited Tiahuanaco. There are, ])esides, 

 several related sites in the region, notably Pumapuncti Ll()jepa\a 

 and X'iacha. which are almost tuik-iiow 11. The chief colleclions 

 stufjiecl at La I'az were those of Messrs. I-Cdciicd 1 )iaz de .Medina, 

 Agustin de Rada, Arturo I'osnansky, and that of ibc .Museo Xacional 

 (directed by .*>r. [auregui. ) 



I-'rom llolivia, Mr. Means went to Liura in norlhrrn I'erti. There 

 he ho])ed to find much archefjlogical material, bnt x.indus sorts ol 

 grave ])ltmdcrcrs had |)rc("c(l((i bini. and arclicological >iU's ;ire a])- 

 ])arentK few. 'Ihe C()llectif)ns of Dr. \ ictor l-'.gtuguren (of Lima) 

 and of I). Luis b'dias y I^iias (of Morro])(')n) were e-xamiiud. 



