The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . Plate LXVI Objects in copper or bronze from Titicaca Island 1, 2,3. Copper bangles. -1, 5, 6, 7, 8. Beads. 9, 10, 11. Battles. 12. Finger-ring of bronze. 13, 14. Pendants. 15. Bronze implement, possibly awl. THE RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF KOATI 269 Yet, Cobo alludes to an attempt to search Koati fortreasure made in 1617: * The report I heard while being inthis province in the year one thousand and six hundredand seventeen is, that there are great riches (wealth) onthe island of Coatd, whither at the time certain Spaniardswent in a bark (boat) and co
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . Plate LXVI Objects in copper or bronze from Titicaca Island 1, 2,3. Copper bangles. -1, 5, 6, 7, 8. Beads. 9, 10, 11. Battles. 12. Finger-ring of bronze. 13, 14. Pendants. 15. Bronze implement, possibly awl. THE RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF KOATI 269 Yet, Cobo alludes to an attempt to search Koati fortreasure made in 1617: * The report I heard while being inthis province in the year one thousand and six hundredand seventeen is, that there are great riches (wealth) onthe island of Coatd, whither at the time certain Spaniardswent in a bark (boat) and could not find anything.^^ In modern times, Koati and its ruins have been and areoverturned and ravaged at intervals. The Indians fromthe village of Sampaya on the mainland and two formeroccupants of the isle,^^ have done much damage to the ruinsand we were advised not to excavate the interior of liiak-Uyu, or of any other building in general, since they werecompletely ransacked, a statement supported by appear-ances. The terraces in front of the buildings were said tohave suffered less, but of these jDlatforms only one wasavailable—Kalich-pata. The others were covered withripening maize and could not be disturbed. After probingthe soil on the flan
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