Tambo Colorado, Pisco Valley. Southern Coast of Peru.
Tambo Colorado ("Red Tavern") is doubtless the best
preserved Precolumbian adobe structure in Peru. With the
roofs restored it could quickly be put in pristine condition.
This is due to the fact that it is on a very late horizon, the
Inca period, possiblyabout a.D.1450,and is in a region which
is almost absolutelyrainless. The walls still retain much red
and yellow painted surface.
Waullac, Huaraz. Northern Highlands of Peru.
Throughout the highlands of Peru are masonry charnel
houses known as chullpas. This one, in the suburbs of the
city of Huaraz, has been slightly restored and maintained as
a small park by the director of the Huaraz Museum, Dr.
Agusto Soriano Infante, shown at the left.
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