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The Fort
In
f
ront of these walls, at the base of a hill,
th ere is a fort so commanding that it appears to
hav been built for a lookout-tower.
Somewhat to the south, upon a hill with
aJmost vertical sides, there are the ruins of a
group of dwellings strategically arranged, to–
gcther with corrals for flocks.
Kencco
On th@ summit of the hill known as "El So–
corro",
w.
ich towers
the East of t e city,
there is a group of ruins carve in stone; and
similan remains are 1
1
so
f
oun i
tij_e
interior of
many
ca.va. There are as wel seats, steps,
thrones, a zigzag canals, or, in Quechua "kenc–
eos" meaning zigzag. Perhaps the most interes–
ting of these ruins are the carvings upon the
rocky promonitories, prominent among them
being the winding canals -channels which
transmitted the flow of chicha to the waiting
mouths at the lower end- an event which took
plaoe in the midst of ceremonies of imposing
religious symbolism.
In addition to the ruins heretofore described
are others of equal interest within t:he environs
of' Cuzco, which will appeal to the archooological-
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