# Regular counts arise from building practice, such as fixed band width and hole size, without encoding numbers.

> Still possible: Regular counts arise from building practice, such as fixed band width and hole size, without encoding numbers.

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Answer · Monte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"

# Regular counts arise from building practice, such as fixed band width and hole size, without encoding numbers.

Regular counts arise from building practice, such as fixed band width and hole size, without encoding numbers.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## 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

- Counts per row track band width; no arithmetic links between sections.

## What would rule it out

- Counts independent of width with arithmetic relations between sections.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Band width varies from 14 to 22 m and section boundaries are partly subjective, which could drive count…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/evidence/EVD0D5PH9X678WS/band-width-varies-from-14-to-22-m-and-section-boundaries-are)

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## The questions it answers

[Do the hole counts encode numbers in the way khipus do?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/questions/QST0D5PH3SW7XMQ/do-the-hole-counts-encode-numbers-in-the-way-khipus-do)

Part of [What was the Band of Holes for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/questions/QST0D5PH3A81KKC/what-was-the-band-of-holes-for)

Open3 answers, none ahead

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Regular counts arise from building practice, such as fixed band width and hole size, without encoding numbers. [Answer ANS0D5PH9NC4QZZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D5PH9NC4QZZ
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