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CUZCO:

THE

HISTORICAL

AND

MONUMENTAL

CITY OF

PE~U

a;ncie<ll!t

structures windows

so wide and

syunmebrieal.

Tni3

lead Dr. Bingham to befüeve ithat Machw Picehu

~ght

have been

TamP'u Ttocco from whieh w.ent .fiorth t hs fowr brothers, Ayar.

To one s.1de of the central stairway aud almost fronting tite

templ·e of the Treh · Ventanas

there

is ánother structu,re dif–

ferent from ,any other Incaie r uin. One

low room under a

natmraJl rock that had been bored, with dressed side wiaills of sto_ne

excellently joined together. There will be nioted cavities (in the

for ro of a trapezoid) higher yet than those of Ccolccampata.

The Yale Commi!Ssion, whfoh was exploring and excavating

for about six months in

Machupie~hu,

estill}1ated t hat the popu–

la·tion of Machu Piechú was in the nei,ghbourhoo d of 3,000 pemuns

and that judging from its remaiius it was huTTiedly robandoned, as

their del),d \' er

in tbe vicónity.

T e sot1irce of their water

su'¡;.p·Jy haviJng

~ d~appe.ared

(pX()babn¡y t he effect of an

earthquake) is give

as a pos5'$1e rea&on fo1· the abandonoment.

011e

has

llJ!ated the age of Maehu Picchu, nerther has

any one deeip!rared t;he

var~ou.s

cbaraicitei:s no:r been a!ble to disco–

ver the óJ"igiual class of

eople •that fouude·d it. The wor d Picchu

1s given as meaning eminence or altitmde, but the name Maehu

Pieclm r eally signiíies Alturn Vieja (tall old woman) and the

mountain fronting wbieh

il'3

ea1'le.d Huaina P icehu is t 1,anslatll'd

as eminenee. or high young woman.

There is no doubt. that it was a pre-Incaie settlement. None

of the Spa1üsh wJ'iters l1ave be6'Il a:ble

give it a delfinite name,

which leads to the

b~lief

that the I ndiana would give them no

information whatever.

is k'llown t hat when the I ncas were

informed of t he strategieal advantage of the posiition of the eity

many of

tJi.em

took a·efuge in it and not in Vilcaibamba.

Maiehu

Picchu they eouil.d have

estabJi.sh.ed

themselves with-0ut any fear

being

sw·pri~ed

o.r tak

by any enemy.