QuestionsPuma Punku and TiwanakuHow were the Puma Punku andesite blocks cut so precisely, and could the Tiwanaku have done it?Answer
Answer · Puma Punku and Tiwanaku
Tiwanaku masons cut the blocks with stone hammers and abrasives to standard modules using templates, over…
Tiwanaku masons cut the blocks with stone hammers and abrasives to standard modules using templates, over long working times.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Pecking and grinding marks on all worked surfaces; tolerances within what stone tools and abrasion achieve; unfinished blocks showing the stages.
- Blocks of a type interchangeable because they share a template, not because of machine tolerances.
What would rule it out
- Surfaces or tolerances reproducible only with hardened metal or powered tools, or tool marks unlike any experimental replication.
Evidence 3 for · none against
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The questions it answers
AnsweredNo answer ahead
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Tiwanaku masons cut the blocks with stone hammers and abrasives to standard modules using templates, over… [Answer ANS0D69YHHM5DEK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D69YHHM5DEK
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