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Some of these blocks are finished to 'machine' quality and the holes drilled to perfection. This is supposed to have been achieved by a civilization that had no writing system and was ignorant of the existence of the wheel.
Extraordinary craftsmanship is displayed in the stones. Photo credit. In assembling the walls of Puma punku, each stone was finely cut to interlock with the surrounding stones and the blocks fit together like a puzzle, forming load-bearing joints without the use of mortar. One common engineering technique involves cutting the top of the lower stone at a certain angle, and placing another stone on top of it which was cut at the same angle.
The precision with which these angles have been utilized to create flush joints is indicative of a highly sophisticated knowledge of stone-cutting and a thorough understanding of descriptive geometry.
Many of the joints are so precise that not even a razor blade will fit between the stones. Much of the masonry is characterized by accurately cut rectilinear blocks of such uniformity that they could be interchanged for one another while maintaining a level surface and even joints.
Some of the stones are in an unfinished state, showing some of the techniques used to shape them. They were initially pounded by stone hammers—which can still be found in numbers on local andesite quarries—, creating depressions, and then slowly ground and polished with flat stones and sand. The stones are of mammoth proportion. The largest of these blocks is Let's explore the mysteries of Puma Punku together and learn more about how natural stone was pivotal to this ancient culture.
In Western Bolivia, Puma Punku is part of the Tiahuanacu historical site, host to numerous ancient temples. Its name translates literally to "Doorway of the Puma", and is widely known for the extraordinary precision of the cutting and placement of stone that went into its construction. Isbell, used radiocarbon dating to determine this period as the start of the site's preparation.
A post shared by aparapita aparapita on. There are a number of curious facts about the stones at Puma Punku. Firstly, they've been carved with precision not expected from primitive civilisation. Each stone in the walls of Puma Punku was cut to perfectly interlock with the next and hold together without the support of mortar. Many publications report the stones to be carved with "machine-like" finesse, and some even postulate the use of technology far more advanced than we believe contemporary civilisations to have known.
Secondly, the stones are of megalithic proportion — with the largest reportedly weighing tonnes. These larger blocks consist of red sandstone, which were determined by chemical analysis to have been transported up a steep incline from a quarry near Lake Titicaca, almost 10 kilometres away.
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