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TRE

HISTORICA.L

A.ND

MONUMENTAL

CITY OF PE

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t'r..t.

\\'irlr hy 6 foet 6 inches thick; tbe other 9 fieet 8 inchea by

8CY('Itt fcet

incihes.

Excavating un·der these monoliths were

found woodeu pole or levers (Huankccanas).

A.bove the fort and 1ower down from the town in a que!lll'ada

termed Marcea Ccocha (inclosed lake) are two raí ed rocks in

whieh •have been carv d

seats and

figures.

Tlley are com–

lllonly

ca~led

:Rustta Tiaua (Seat of the :Rusta) and Iuca Misana

(where the Inca says Mass) . On the plaiu of tbe quebradia. were

recently dilscovered two we'ltls. They pertafoed to an idol.

In a

house of the town, next to a s·trea.m, i

fO'llnd the celebroted Baño

de la :

!il"ustta, with f

ine and elegant carvii1g .

is arare specianen

of the

con:struc.tion

mork of T.ibuanacu

~yle.

At each side of the

bath

were ornamen

ted heads, one

()lf

which has diiswppeared.

is wdl wortb ooeing. The proprietor of the bouse

Señor Zamora.

and be was visited by a commission from Yale University forming

a museum.

. Inca Pinta. -

~ine b~for

arnvmg at 011an–

~:i.1tam?o ,

o; by ho;se. gorng o

~hamba,

larg rock. on wbicb

1~de'hble

pamtrn

repre enttng :in Indoian so1d1er in. the acit

of doartrng an .arrow

:pwar;ls 01!.anfai,tambo.

and white

ce>l

c>i-:s

111re quite

d~s

inet.

Thi work \Iras dollie uuder the o.i1de·rs

of Thúpacc Inca Yu-panqui

inmort!l.'

1i7le tb

ubject of tha

rebel Ollantay, a powerful chief e>f the

A.nt.is

before the forces

of the Incas. Many writers know the t

own of

Ol1lantaitambo as

Tambo.

is presmruable that the first part of tihe word is derived

from a general of that name a hero of the conquest. Mo1ina

and Sailcca.maybua use rthe f.u11

te.nm

Of the manv Tampu

Perú eaeh one has a specifi c

:m~anin_g-.

For e"ample thE>11e are Pau–

cartambo,

Limatambo, Paccar icctambo.

trani;1ating

into

Spanish the letter "p" is generally changad into "b".

Sa.l;i. Puncu (Shell

~ntrance)

Twenty kilom!eters from

Olla~taita,mbo to t)1e right of Vileanota above the road an Inca1c

portal is found which &eems to have sea-ved as the entrance to an