Peruvian antiquities / by Mariano Edward Rivero and John James von Tschudi ; translated by Francis L. Hawks.

  • Mariano Eduardo de Rivero y Ustariz
Date:
1854
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Credit: Peruvian antiquities / by Mariano Edward Rivero and John James von Tschudi ; translated by Francis L. Hawks. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    concubines of Cbimu. There are also several j>lazas regularly laid out by line, thus forming different streets, of varying dimensions. The large excavation in which are now grow- ing several fig-trees was the reservoir from which the inhabitants obtained the water they needed; and was sup- plied by subterranean aqueducts from the river J/oc/ie, which is distant about two miles to the north-east. This palace had two entrances opposite to each other, and placed respectively in the middle of the longer sides. On the east- ern side, and about thirty yards from the right angle formed by the walls, there was a square or enclosure of five hundred yards, by four hundred in extent, which reached to the sea: in this were found some small houses and a Huaca with sub- terranean passages in its most solid parts. Beside this, there were other squares which were enclosed for agricultural pur- poses. The second palace is at a distance of one hundred and twenty-five yards east of the first, and is placed parallel to it. It contains various plazas and houses, from the regular arrangement of which result streets, though somewhat narrow. At one of the extremities is the Huaca of Misa, surrounded by a low wall. This Huaca is traversed by small alleys from three-quarters to a yard in width, and in it are also found some tolerably large chambers. In former times there have been taken from this Huaca many mummies, cloths, various pieces of silver and gold, iron [?] tools, and an idol of stone with small pieces of mother of pearl, which are now in the possession of Senor Condemarin. All the walls of these interior edifices are of the mixture ^ of which we have already spoken, or of adobes, half a yard long, and a quarter of a yard wide. We subjoin vertical sections which will give an idea of the walls, and of the labor employed in their construction.
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