. Bulletin. Ethnology. WiLLBY] SETTLEMENT PATTERNS, VIRU VALLEY, PERU 149 The ruin is large and well-preserved. It is constructed entirely, or as near as can be determined from surface examination, of cane- marked adobes. Adobes from the base of the highest pyramid plat- form averaged about 39 by 24 by 12 cm.; those from the upper por- tion of this same platform were somewhat larger, averaging 46 by 28 by 15 cm. The long axis of the total structure is placed northwest- southeast. Exact measurements of old foundation lines are difficult to obtain due to talus slopes of eroded adobe, but it is s
. Bulletin. Ethnology. WiLLBY] SETTLEMENT PATTERNS, VIRU VALLEY, PERU 149 The ruin is large and well-preserved. It is constructed entirely, or as near as can be determined from surface examination, of cane- marked adobes. Adobes from the base of the highest pyramid plat- form averaged about 39 by 24 by 12 cm.; those from the upper por- tion of this same platform were somewhat larger, averaging 46 by 28 by 15 cm. The long axis of the total structure is placed northwest- southeast. Exact measurements of old foundation lines are difficult to obtain due to talus slopes of eroded adobe, but it is safe to say that the over-all maximum length of the structure is just under 100 meters (see fig. 31) end of the structure, is about 50 meters. The maximum cross-diameter, taken at the northwest AREA OF BADLY ERODED ADOBE BUiLDiNGS TERRACE STEPS, kVELL PRESERVED SHEER IVALL 3M. HIGH. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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