# The Band of Holes

> The Band of Holes

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/artifacts/ART0D5PHB487GFK/the-band-of-holes  
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Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0D5PHB487GFK·Artifact · object

# The Band of Holes

PhotographCC BY 4.0In use AD 1320–1405 and later

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The Band of Holes: photo

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J.L. Bongers and C. Stanish, 1320. CC BY 4.0

## Copies 8

**Photo** J.L. Bongers and C. Stanish · doi.org · CC BY 4.0Primary source: [Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D5PGXYC4EXR/indigenous-accounting-and-exchange-at-monte-sierpe-band-of)1 step from the original

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**Photo** J.L. Bongers · doi.org · CC BY 4.0Primary source: [Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D5PGXYC4EXR/indigenous-accounting-and-exchange-at-monte-sierpe-band-of)2 steps from the original

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**Picture** J.L. Bongers and C. Stanish · doi.org · CC BY 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10237)

**Picture** J.L. Bongers · doi.org · CC BY 4.02 steps from the original

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**Photograph** Bruno7 · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 3.01 step from the original

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**Photograph** Bruno7 · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 3.01 step from the original

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**Photograph** Bruno7 · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 3.01 step from the original

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## Where it was made

[Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5PH0CG6ANT/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes) · Band of pits on a ridge

## Sources 1

- [Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D5PGXYC4EXR/indigenous-accounting-and-exchange-at-monte-sierpe-band-of)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Band of Holes [Artifact ART0D5PHB487GFK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D5PHB487GFK
```

Key

**ART** 0D5PHB487GFK

Kind

Object

Held by

In situ, Pisco Valley (Peruvian Ministry of Culture jurisdiction)

Dated

in use AD 1320–1405 and later

Licence

CC BY 4.0

Place

[Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5PH0CG6ANT/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes)

Part of

[Monte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes)

The record

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