﻿Vol. 
  2] 
  ARCHEOLOGY 
  OF 
  CENTRAL 
  ANDES 
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  BENNETT 
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  gold 
  in 
  a 
  special 
  alloy. 
  The 
  early 
  Spanish 
  accounts 
  show 
  great 
  ad- 
  

   miration 
  for 
  the 
  metallurgical 
  techniques 
  of 
  the 
  Inca. 
  

  

  Although 
  textiles 
  usually 
  are 
  not 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  Highlands, 
  a 
  

   few 
  Inca 
  tapestries 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  stone 
  box. 
  However, 
  the 
  knowl- 
  

   edge 
  of 
  Inca 
  weaving 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  historical 
  accounts 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   of 
  the 
  Conquest 
  and 
  by 
  finds 
  in 
  Inca 
  sites 
  on 
  the 
  Coast. 
  Fabricated 
  

   articles 
  include 
  breechclouts, 
  mantles, 
  waist 
  bands, 
  head 
  bands, 
  

   poncho 
  shirts, 
  rough 
  blankets, 
  pendant 
  bags, 
  and 
  woven 
  slings. 
  Vir- 
  

   tually 
  every 
  weaving 
  technique 
  was 
  known 
  and 
  employed. 
  Elaborate 
  

   tapestries 
  are 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  very 
  small 
  geometric 
  elements. 
  Warp- 
  

   pattern 
  weaves 
  and 
  repp 
  are 
  also 
  common. 
  The 
  weaving 
  designs 
  tend 
  

   to 
  be 
  geometric 
  and 
  have 
  lost 
  the 
  individual 
  character 
  noted 
  in 
  

   the 
  earlier 
  periods. 
  

  

  Many 
  small 
  wooden 
  objects, 
  including 
  balance 
  scales, 
  weaving 
  

   implements, 
  daggers, 
  and 
  spears, 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  Inca 
  sites, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  

   bone 
  tubes, 
  daggers, 
  beads, 
  and 
  carved 
  objects. 
  Wooden 
  goblets 
  are 
  

   characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  Period. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  decorated 
  with 
  

   incised 
  designs 
  and 
  others 
  display 
  lacquer 
  painting. 
  Many 
  show 
  

   scenes 
  representing 
  the 
  Spaniards 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  Conquest. 
  

  

  