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'I'ullyn1 yn

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huµ n. Th

huilclings

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ard

Lhe \vest

ar

the

n1ore

r ut

lou

tle

after Pachacutej.

Th virgins vvere

the

only on es \

' ho '

re

cn ti tled

tn

liv ' ·itlün

th precinct of Lhc cil. y.

The· Common People

The plebian s liv din chujillas or adob huLs

covered ov

r ' vith

a combination

of

reeds (Jawa–

k

ollai) and str aw or llama wool. These houses

}\ere scattered throughout the agricultural di strict

\vli icl extended as far as Ak'oyo.

Pedr

o,

arw

Inka Ouzc . I-Ie states

' t

of

t

1is fortr ess (Sajsawaman)

hous su rouiiding

the

city, a

far as a

a leag u-e, half a league and one

leagu , and in the val ey betVi"\ een t e mountain

t1

ere are more than one hundred thousand houses,

and many of them ·are sumn1er residences or for

r ecreation of former noblemen, and others belong

to caciques (chiefs) from all parts of the empir ,

\Yho r eside continually in the city.''

Each group of "mitmaj" (tillers of the soil)

1

a rl i s district. For example, the Chacha

J

O)

a

lh'f)d n ear Santa Ana (formerly Karmenka); the

Cnñn ris

livr d th e a.lso.

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