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  CUZCO 
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  the 
  rock. 
  Its 
  particular 
  feature 
  is 
  a 
  wall, 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  rising 
  to 
  a 
  

   height 
  of 
  6.5 
  m. 
  (about 
  21 
  ft.), 
  with 
  entering 
  and 
  projecting 
  angles. 
  

  

  In 
  these 
  excavations 
  in 
  the 
  Valley 
  of 
  Cuzco, 
  numerous 
  objects 
  were 
  

   found 
  while 
  clearing 
  the 
  undergrowth, 
  but 
  no 
  tombs 
  were 
  discovered. 
  

   The 
  majority 
  of 
  things 
  found 
  were 
  fragments, 
  although 
  some 
  small 
  

   pieces 
  were 
  still 
  intact. 
  The 
  only 
  new 
  pottery 
  form 
  discovered 
  was 
  

   a 
  "candelabrum" 
  bowl 
  with 
  a 
  handle 
  and 
  a 
  pedestal 
  base. 
  This 
  

   specimen 
  is 
  grayish-ocher 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  is 
  0.21 
  cm. 
  (about 
  8 
  in.) 
  tall. 
  

   A 
  small 
  alabaster 
  box 
  was 
  found, 
  divided 
  into 
  cylindrical 
  compart- 
  

   ments, 
  two 
  containing 
  vermilion, 
  two 
  cerulean 
  blue, 
  and 
  two 
  chrome- 
  

   yellow 
  paints, 
  all 
  colors 
  used 
  by 
  Inca 
  artists. 
  Four 
  of 
  these 
  compart- 
  

   ments 
  were 
  hermetically 
  sealed 
  with 
  bits 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  alabaster. 
  This 
  

   find 
  is 
  unique 
  among 
  artifacts 
  of 
  this 
  class. 
  

  

  Other 
  interesting 
  finds 
  at 
  Sacsahuaman 
  were: 
  a 
  necklace 
  of 
  24 
  

   small 
  silver 
  tubes 
  into 
  which 
  feathers 
  could 
  be 
  inserted; 
  a 
  large 
  silver 
  

   belt 
  3.12 
  m. 
  (about 
  10 
  ft.) 
  long 
  and 
  weighing 
  180 
  gm. 
  (6 
  oz.) 
  ; 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  bright 
  paints 
  or 
  colors 
  which 
  an 
  analysis 
  showed 
  to 
  be 
  azurite, 
  

   orpiment, 
  cinnabar, 
  realgar, 
  and 
  malachite 
  mixed 
  with 
  hydroxide 
  of 
  

   iron 
  ; 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  modeled 
  pottery 
  of 
  Chimu 
  style 
  representing 
  a 
  monkey 
  

   with 
  two 
  pacay 
  fruits; 
  another 
  vessel 
  in 
  the 
  Tiahuanaco 
  style 
  which 
  

   was 
  found 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  bone 
  (ruki) 
  knitting 
  or 
  weaving 
  tool; 
  two 
  

   miniature 
  shell 
  sculptures 
  of 
  human 
  feet; 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  anthropomorphic 
  

   figure, 
  also 
  of 
  shell, 
  red 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  side 
  and 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  The 
  

   presence 
  of 
  the 
  Chimu 
  vase 
  is 
  not 
  strange, 
  since 
  that 
  style 
  was 
  con- 
  

   temporary 
  with 
  the 
  Inca; 
  but 
  the 
  Tiahuanaco 
  specimen 
  chronologi- 
  

   cally 
  antedates 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  Empire 
  by 
  a 
  long 
  period. 
  

   This 
  object 
  was, 
  however, 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  surface 
  layer 
  along 
  with 
  Inca 
  

   remains. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  buildings 
  and 
  other 
  objects 
  uncovered 
  at 
  Sacsahuaman 
  

   were 
  in 
  full 
  view 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  before 
  1560, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  detailed 
  

   description 
  made 
  of 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  historian 
  of 
  Cuzco, 
  the 
  Inca 
  Garci- 
  

   laso 
  de 
  la 
  Vega. 
  This 
  description 
  was 
  completely 
  confirmed 
  by 
  the 
  

   recent 
  excavations. 
  Other 
  sources, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  "Noticias 
  Cronolo- 
  

   gicas 
  del 
  Cuzco," 
  a 
  manuscript 
  of 
  circa 
  1740, 
  assert 
  that 
  the 
  destruc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  fortress 
  began 
  in 
  1537 
  under 
  the 
  pretext 
  of 
  preventing 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  from 
  taking 
  it 
  over 
  as 
  a 
  strategic 
  point 
  from 
  which 
  to 
  threaten 
  

   the 
  city 
  of 
  Cuzco 
  (which 
  is 
  what 
  happened 
  in 
  the 
  revolt 
  of 
  Manco 
  II) 
  . 
  

   Actually, 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  Spaniards 
  was 
  to 
  discover 
  the 
  treasures 
  

   believed 
  to 
  be 
  concealed 
  within 
  the 
  fortress. 
  In 
  1561, 
  the 
  Municipal 
  

   Council 
  of 
  Cuzco 
  issued 
  a 
  strong 
  order 
  prohibiting 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  

   stones 
  of 
  the 
  constructions, 
  but 
  already 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  great 
  

   numbers 
  by 
  residents 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  builders 
  of 
  churches, 
  

   especially 
  the 
  cathedral. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  carried 
  on 
  at 
  Sacsahuaman 
  definitely 
  clarified 
  the 
  prob- 
  

   lem 
  of 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  site. 
  Beginning 
  with 
  Markham, 
  several 
  

  

  