The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . built andenes. Lintels are formed by a singleslab. One of these is six feet long and one foot thick. Somelintels are rough, others but slightly chipped on the doorways vary in width between two and (in a singleinstance—the entrance to an open court) eight feet. Sometaper, others have vertical sides. One doorway terminatesin a primitive arch. The true arch is nowhere are plentiful but neither as tall nor as elaborate asat the Kayma or at Pucara. The whole complex structurehas but one small air-hole, to which the name of win
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . built andenes. Lintels are formed by a singleslab. One of these is six feet long and one foot thick. Somelintels are rough, others but slightly chipped on the doorways vary in width between two and (in a singleinstance—the entrance to an open court) eight feet. Sometaper, others have vertical sides. One doorway terminatesin a primitive arch. The true arch is nowhere are plentiful but neither as tall nor as elaborate asat the Kayma or at Pucara. The whole complex structurehas but one small air-hole, to which the name of windowcannot in justice be given. The Chincana must, therefore,have been a very uncomfortable abode. Among the nichesthere is one quite tall, which terminates in a primitive this niche are still traces of a clay coating painted redand yellow, like the ruins of Tambo Colorado, near Pisco,on the coast. In general, the Chincana reminds one of thatruin in size and arrangement. A wall runs from the northwestern comer of the southern CO o o d. ANCIENT RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 223 wing in a northerly direction, making an angle to the wall is the highest part of the ruin; it is four feet thickand has a succession of niches on both sides. Its length isseventy-two feet. From the northwestern corner it descendsto the west fifteen feet, to meet the northeastern corner ofthe northern wing. The latter is smaller than the southern, but wherever itswalls are not reduced to rubbish heaps they appear moresubstantial. The rooms are more regular in shape, theirangles being truer. It stands lower than the other wing,and the second tier of rooms is about eight feet lower thanthe first. It is built on a rather steep incline, and at thelower end reduced to shapeless heaps of debris. Clearlydefined, however, is a long alley leading from the westernend of the ruin to the two upper exits, one of which is intothe sunken part of the edifice, and the other into a spacebetween both wi
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