﻿Vol. 
  2] 
  

  

  ARCHEOLOGY 
  OF 
  CENTRAL 
  ANDES 
  — 
  BENNETT 
  

  

  133 
  

  

  Decadent 
  Tiahuanaco 
  represents 
  a 
  break-down 
  of 
  the 
  Classic 
  style. 
  

   Classic 
  designs 
  are 
  usually 
  complete; 
  Decadent 
  designs 
  either 
  leave 
  

   out 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  figure 
  or 
  use 
  such 
  elements 
  as 
  a 
  head, 
  face, 
  or 
  tail 
  

   feathers 
  for 
  the 
  total 
  design. 
  Classic-design 
  figures, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  their 
  

   rigid 
  conventionalization, 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  meaning; 
  Decadent 
  are 
  used 
  

   as 
  pure 
  design 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  upside 
  down 
  or 
  combined. 
  In 
  

  

  , 
  ,, 
  r 
  ^^^^^^^. 
  : 
  ^ 
  : 
  ^^^^^^^ 
  „^^. 
  ,^^-^u 
  

  

  Figure 
  16. 
  — 
  Interior 
  design 
  of 
  tripod 
  bowl, 
  Marafion 
  style. 
  (Drawn 
  from 
  

   specimen 
  in 
  Rafael 
  Larco 
  Herrera 
  Museum, 
  Chiclin.) 
  

  

  the 
  Classic 
  style, 
  geometric 
  elements 
  are 
  usually 
  combined 
  with 
  figures; 
  

   the 
  Decadent 
  style 
  uses 
  many 
  geometric 
  elements 
  by 
  themselves, 
  such 
  

   as 
  steps, 
  perpendicular 
  and 
  wavy 
  lines, 
  double 
  S's, 
  horizontal 
  wavy 
  

   lines, 
  angular 
  and 
  curved 
  scrolls. 
  Decadent 
  designs 
  are 
  carelessly 
  

   executed, 
  and 
  the 
  colors 
  are 
  dull 
  and 
  limited 
  to 
  black, 
  white, 
  and 
  red. 
  

   One 
  or 
  two 
  colors 
  on 
  an 
  orange, 
  red, 
  or 
  brown 
  slip 
  are 
  typical. 
  

  

  