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and aJso served as hotels

f.or

tra-\ cllers ; they 'vere

situated not only in to

wns,

but throughout th

country

iat

di:s~anc,es

approximatdly a

day's

ourney one from the -0.ther. The canchas were

buildings, built under roofs, ·and \Vere used for

th e oelebration of certain ceremonies and f.easts

when inclement vveather prevented celebrations

in the open plaza. The word "cancha" also in–

dicates a grouping of buildings, such as AMARU–

CANOHA, INTI-OANCHA.

Architectural Style

It may be said

tha

there was but one .arch–

itectural s yl , as ag

ain

e var,i

¡lf

in Tiahua-

naco, Nazoa,

e.te.

T-ñí

sty

is U a wh_ich

·\ve term " nea: , a

·ts

e ief GhaJracteristics are:

pyramidal co

· n, an

construct~on

imi–

t.ating the

Antlies, always with the

view of securing the greatest possible stability.

Entrances, recesse·s and openings in general w·ere

in the

orm of a geomstrical figure with sides

narrovving

towa.rd

the

top. The houses were

roof.ed

with straw.

wever, sorne classifications of this general

type may be made, based upon certain variations

in construction, detiermined by the kind of stones

employed, both as to

orm and size.

Some

constructions resemble the

mythologi~al

pelasgos

of Greece, such for instance as the walls of the

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