The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . In lB-i9naO A Plate XXXIII 1. General plan of the ruins of Pilco-Kayma. 2. Plan of ground floor of building. 3. Plan of upper story. 4. Side view of northern front. 5. Outhouses with platform. 6, 7. Plans of outhouses. ANCIENT RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 177 *churi, were also found in some.^*^ The four well-pre-served cysts had no covers, and the grave proper—the pitwalled in with rude blocks and slabs—began at a depthvarying between sixteen and eighteen inches, whereas thedepth of the cysts ranged from eighteen to shap
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . In lB-i9naO A Plate XXXIII 1. General plan of the ruins of Pilco-Kayma. 2. Plan of ground floor of building. 3. Plan of upper story. 4. Side view of northern front. 5. Outhouses with platform. 6, 7. Plans of outhouses. ANCIENT RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 177 *churi, were also found in some.^*^ The four well-pre-served cysts had no covers, and the grave proper—the pitwalled in with rude blocks and slabs—began at a depthvarying between sixteen and eighteen inches, whereas thedepth of the cysts ranged from eighteen to shapeless stone heaps indicated as many Chullpabuildings, and the declivities toward the Lake are naturallygraded, but supported by artificial walls transforming theminto andenes. A wall of stone, nearly three feet in thick-ness, crossing the summit of the hill, was uncovered. Wefollowed it for a length of fifty-eight feet. It showed betterworkmanship than that of the walls at Kea-Kollu, still theIndians insisted upon it being Chullpa. Aside from thethree stone-heaps, the long wall, the andenes and graves,Collcapata presented nothing of interest. A narrow neck, nearly at the level of the Lake, connectsCollcapata with Ciriapata. This peninsula has some of thebest p
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