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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  archeologists 
  have 
  maintained 
  that 
  the 
  fortress, 
  especially 
  the 
  structure 
  

   called 
  "megalithic," 
  or 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  stones, 
  was 
  mainly 
  pre-Inca, 
  

   only 
  a 
  small 
  portion 
  of 
  it 
  being 
  constructed 
  by 
  the 
  Inca. 
  Such 
  a 
  

   hypothesis 
  is 
  clearly 
  untenable, 
  as 
  Uhle 
  recognized 
  (1937, 
  p. 
  93). 
  

  

  OTHER 
  EXCAVATIONS 
  

  

  Ollantaytambo. 
  — 
  Excavations 
  at 
  Ollantaytambo 
  (pi. 
  75, 
  bottom) 
  

   were 
  next 
  in 
  importance 
  to 
  those 
  at 
  Sacsahuaman. 
  Large 
  sections 
  

   which 
  had 
  previously 
  been 
  buried 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  light: 
  handsome 
  

   constructions, 
  walks, 
  swimming 
  pools, 
  and 
  canals. 
  Various 
  tombs 
  

   were 
  excavated 
  and 
  in 
  them 
  were 
  discovered 
  colored, 
  lacquered, 
  

   wooden 
  vases 
  (keros) 
  with 
  zoomorphic 
  figures. 
  Until 
  then, 
  keros 
  

   had 
  never 
  been 
  found 
  underground 
  but 
  merely 
  transmitted 
  inter 
  

   vivos. 
  Some 
  400 
  pins 
  (tupus) 
  were 
  found, 
  the 
  first 
  known; 
  they 
  are 
  

   almost 
  identical 
  with 
  modern 
  ones 
  and 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  copper. 
  Some 
  

   beautiful 
  rose-colored 
  paving 
  stones, 
  perfectly 
  polished, 
  were 
  also 
  

   discovered, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  some 
  construction 
  blocks 
  of 
  extraordinarily 
  fine 
  

   cut 
  and 
  polish. 
  

  

  Pisaj.— 
  The 
  work 
  at 
  Pisaj 
  considerably 
  widened 
  the 
  known 
  area. 
  

   Discoveries 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  tunnel 
  cut 
  into 
  the 
  cliff 
  and 
  very 
  high 
  

   passages 
  dug 
  in 
  the 
  rock, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  little 
  towers 
  and 
  other 
  peculiarities 
  

   of 
  style 
  that 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  at 
  Cuzco. 
  

  

  Limatambo. 
  — 
  At 
  Limatambo 
  (pi. 
  76, 
  bottom), 
  where 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  

   Tarawasi 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  great 
  artistic 
  value, 
  a 
  monumental 
  perron 
  was 
  

   revealed, 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  such 
  magnificence 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  today. 
  

  

  Piquillacta. 
  — 
  In 
  Piquillacta 
  were 
  found 
  a 
  pavement 
  of 
  plaster 
  and 
  

   lime 
  blocks 
  and 
  walls 
  whitewashed 
  with 
  plaster, 
  a 
  structural 
  style 
  

   very 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  Inca; 
  nonetheless, 
  all 
  the 
  objects 
  

   found 
  were 
  of 
  that 
  style. 
  

  

  Salapuncu 
  and 
  Chokeakilla. 
  — 
  In 
  Salapuncu 
  walks, 
  walls, 
  canals, 
  

   and 
  terraces 
  were 
  cleared. 
  At 
  Chokeakilla 
  a 
  sanctuary 
  in 
  a 
  cave 
  was 
  

   studied. 
  This 
  cave 
  was 
  ornamented 
  on 
  different 
  levels 
  with 
  paintings 
  

   in 
  black 
  geometric 
  fines, 
  an 
  unusual 
  style. 
  In 
  the 
  nearby 
  paths 
  

   could 
  be 
  found 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  ancient 
  cultivation. 
  

  

  