# The buried columns were moved and set by people.

> Still possible: The buried columns were moved and set by people.

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# The buried columns were moved and set by people.

The buried columns were moved and set by people.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Magnetic remanence directions of buried columns scatter or differ from the orientation expected for in-place cooling.
- Columns rest on prepared surfaces or with packing stones.

## What would rule it out

- Remanence directions consistent with in-place cooling across the buried layers.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Natawidjaja argues the stones are too orderly and too massive to have been moved that far by nature.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gunung-padang/evidence/EVD0D32CPAT4ED7/natawidjaja-argues-the-stones-are-too-orderly-and-too)

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## The questions it answers

[Were the buried andesite columns placed by people or are they in natural position?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gunung-padang/questions/QST0D32CG7G23PE/were-the-buried-andesite-columns-placed-by-people-or-are)

Part of [Is there a human-built structure inside the hill older than the visible terraces?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gunung-padang/questions/QST0D32CFQW3F1A/is-there-a-human-built-structure-inside-the-hill-older-than)

Most likelyThe buried columns are in or near their natural position, cooled in place or slumped downslope

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The buried columns were moved and set by people. [Answer ANS0D32CP304SDC]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D32CP304SDC
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