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Robert Shippee's aerial photograph of the band (Shippee-Johnson expedition): photo

Recordingreproduced courtesy of the AMNH; not under the article licenceTaken 1931; published in National Geographic, 1933Copy of Robert Shippee's aerial photograph of the band (Shippee-Johnson expedition)
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

Figure 1 of the 2025 Antiquity article. Linked, not copied.

Robert Shippee, 1931. reproduced courtesy of the AMNH; not under the article licence

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PhotoRobert Shippee · doi.org · reproduced courtesy of the AMNH; not under the article licencePrimary source: Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru1 step from the original

Where it was made

CuscoAyacuchoHuancavelicaSicuaniNasca1Monte Sierpe200 kmLimaHuancayoCuscoTarma1200 km
Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes) · Band of pits on a ridge

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Robert Shippee's aerial photograph of the band (Shippee-Johnson expedition): photo [Copy CPY0D5PHD2R1CFQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0D5PHD2R1CFQ
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