﻿VOL. 
  2] 
  

  

  ARCHEOLOGY 
  IN 
  ECUADOR 
  — 
  COLLIER 
  

  

  777 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  ceramics 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  period 
  in 
  Chimborazo 
  are 
  found 
  vessels 
  

   of 
  pure 
  Inca 
  style 
  and 
  Puruha 
  types 
  showing 
  Inca 
  influence. 
  

  

  AZUAY-CANAR 
  REGION 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  conquest 
  of 
  southern 
  Ecuador 
  during 
  the 
  

   reign 
  of 
  Tupac 
  Yupanqui, 
  Cafiar 
  and 
  Azuay 
  were 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  Figure 
  90. 
  — 
  Gold 
  breastplates 
  from 
  Azuay. 
  

  

  pi. 
  5.) 
  

  

  (After 
  Heye 
  Foundation, 
  1924, 
  

  

  Canari 
  Indians. 
  The 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  can 
  be 
  clearly 
  seen 
  in 
  this 
  

   region, 
  where 
  they 
  built 
  the 
  large 
  imperial 
  center 
  of 
  Tomebamba, 
  

   many 
  tambos 
  (inns 
  and 
  storehouses) 
  , 
  and 
  Inga-pirca 
  fortress 
  (Verneau 
  

   and 
  Rivet, 
  1912-22, 
  pp. 
  66-113; 
  Uhle, 
  1923 
  b; 
  Jijony 
  Caamano, 
  1929). 
  

   The 
  area 
  is 
  famous 
  in 
  the 
  literature 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  rich 
  and 
  spectac- 
  

   ular 
  finds 
  of 
  gold 
  and 
  gilded 
  copper 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  century 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Azogues, 
  Chordeleg, 
  and 
  Sigsig 
  (figs. 
  89, 
  90). 
  The 
  

   gold, 
  which 
  consisted 
  of 
  ornamental 
  plates 
  and 
  disks, 
  headpieces, 
  bells, 
  

  

  