The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . espectively. On the south of the central apart-ment were two parallel alleys not over eighteen inches inwidth, the wall separating them being four and a half feetthick, while the side of the southern room, or remainder ofa room, was only three feet thick. Of these two alleys oneruns clear through to the base of the plateau, the othermakes an angle, so as to encompass the central hall on twosides, without communicating with the alley that separatesthe northern apartment from the esplanade. The founda-tions were set in the ground, not over four fe
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . espectively. On the south of the central apart-ment were two parallel alleys not over eighteen inches inwidth, the wall separating them being four and a half feetthick, while the side of the southern room, or remainder ofa room, was only three feet thick. Of these two alleys oneruns clear through to the base of the plateau, the othermakes an angle, so as to encompass the central hall on twosides, without communicating with the alley that separatesthe northern apartment from the esplanade. The founda-tions were set in the ground, not over four feet and mostlyonly two. The masonry was fairly done, and though theangles are not absolutely correct, yet they are approxi-mately so. No floor of any kind could be detected. Inside of the rooms thus uncovered the amount of arte-facts was comparatively small, but the narrow alleys andthe space south, where all traces of walls had been ob-literated, were densely packed with potsherds. This pot- cS Pk a m >—1 cS > M o a J^ H .S < CM rS o. ANCIENT RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 207 tery is mostly decorated with intricate designs in vividcolors, far superior to those on the so-called Chullpa pot-tery. Wherever shapes could be recognized they showedmore attractive forms. The clay and burning find theirequals only in red and black goblets taken out of Chullpacysts, whereas the decoration is much more artistic. Itwas clear that we had before us a higher development ofceramic art, completely distinct from that on the coast, andcorresponding in every way to what may be called the Cuzcoor Inca type of pottery. Ruder specimens were also foundalongside of necks of jars and fragments of huge urnspainted in brilliant hues with very elaborate, mostly geo-metrical designs. Of plastic ornaments, the cats headplaced on urns and pitchers as knobs, heads of water-fowlas handles to flat saucers, were quite common. Some of theplain vessels or sherds were covered with soot, and char-coal wa
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