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  1. Art of the Inca people of the Peruvian Andes,
  2. South America, of the 11th-16th centuries.
  3. The main sites are Cuzco, the old capital,
  4. and Machu Picchu, a fortified mountain
  5. settlement. Incan artisans produced
  6. technically brilliant, highly finished
  7. masonry, with large blocks of stone fitted
  8. together with great precision. Animal and
  9. human figures are frequent sculptural
  10. subjects.
  11.