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first circle of the northern part of the
f
ortr.ess of
acsahuaman, which we classify as "cyclopean";
others are formed of small stones,
j
oined in angles
of the most varied
irregularity
this
n1ay
be
classified as polygonal, or as a tr.ansition from
8:
crude mass- to regular geornetrical forims; st.ill
others are composed of yet smalle·r stones, some–
times hewn in the
f
orm of octagons, and this
may
be cl
1
assified as the block or modern
style..
Terraces
In all Inca constructions
the
terrace was
einployed someimes t;ts an ornamental e'lem·ent,
. sometimes for greater strength, or utilized as an
engineering re ource in the oase of slope ; in
other cases it servea merely
~gricultural
pur–
poses. The terrac , therefore, served equally the
cause of
agricultu~e
and architecture, ·and for
this reason
it
is
f
ound in all olasses
of
buildings,
religious sanc.tuaries, fortress·e·s, dwellings, etc.
A considerable extension of Inca Cuzco w·as
built upon terraces and fills.
Districts And Streets
Cuzco
\Vas
divided into two great
section~,
HANAN QCOSCCO (northern Cuzco) and URAY
qcoscco
(southern Cuzco); within these were
the dwellings of the prinoiyal ayllus. These dis-