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  PUNA 
  AND 
  QUEBRADA 
  DE 
  HUMAHUACA 
  — 
  CASANOVA 
  

  

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  Dwellings 
  were 
  usually 
  rectangular, 
  the 
  size 
  rarely 
  exceeding 
  16 
  

   square 
  m. 
  (about 
  170 
  sq. 
  ft.). 
  In 
  some 
  ruins, 
  semisubterranean 
  

   rooms 
  have 
  been 
  discovered. 
  Often 
  several 
  dwellings 
  adjoin 
  one 
  an- 
  

   other, 
  but 
  each 
  has 
  its 
  own 
  walls. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  dwelling, 
  

   there 
  are 
  various 
  smaller 
  buildings, 
  which 
  were 
  no 
  doubt 
  used 
  as 
  

   storerooms, 
  kitchens, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Except 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  isolated 
  houses 
  on 
  the 
  terraces, 
  dwellings 
  were 
  

   arranged 
  in 
  two 
  kinds 
  of 
  groups: 
  the 
  old 
  villages 
  (pueblo 
  viejos) 
  and 
  

   the 
  fortifications 
  (pucaras) 
  (pi. 
  135). 
  In 
  the 
  first, 
  houses 
  were 
  scat- 
  

   tered 
  irregularly 
  in 
  low 
  sheltered 
  dales 
  or 
  on 
  little 
  plateaus, 
  and 
  had 
  no 
  

   defense 
  walls. 
  Typical 
  "old 
  villages" 
  are 
  Coctaca 
  and 
  Los 
  Amarillos. 
  

   The 
  pucara 
  was 
  a 
  fortified 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  hill, 
  protected 
  by 
  the 
  

   precipices 
  and 
  reinforced 
  with 
  thick 
  walls 
  to 
  ward 
  off 
  attacks. 
  Be- 
  

  

  /VU- 
  •';.••••.••••• 
  /.Mm 
  

  

  toiiif 
  

  

  Figure 
  50. 
  — 
  Humahuaca 
  instruments 
  of 
  stone 
  and 
  wood 
  used 
  in 
  agriculture. 
  

   (One-fifth 
  actual 
  size.) 
  (Courtesy 
  Museo 
  Argentino 
  de 
  Ciencias 
  Naturales.) 
  

  

  