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Originally Posted by zeek
The gives the following hypothetical explanations:
"Archaeologists argue that the transport of these stones was accomplished by the large labor force of ancient Tiwanaku. Several theories have been proposed as to how this labor force transported the stones although these theories remain speculative. Two of the more common proposals involve the use of llama skin ropes and the use of ramps and inclined planes."
Since those explanations don't rely on supernatural or unknown alien beings, everything else being equal, they appear more plausible. |
Another question I would have about this theory is this. If we were going to cut these stones today we would program a high tech router with a diamond tip and a wet saw to cut this stone. The reason is that these are designed to be interlocking and the precision would have to be amazing. Human error would ruin many stones and you wouldn't know it until after transporting them up to the site. Seems like a very expensive error. So we have diamond wet saws, diamond tip routers, we can polish these stones to a tolerance measured in millimeters, so an amazing planer, but then we transport them with ropes made of llama skins? Pulled by South American Sherpas?
The advantage of the interlocking stones is that you don't use mortar. Since the area is tectonically active, it would be advantageous to not use mortar. This would allow for a stronger structure that had some give in it.