# Sandstone was dragged on sledges and ramps from Kimsachata, 10 km; andesite crossed the lake on reed boats…

> Most likely: Sandstone was dragged on sledges and ramps from Kimsachata, 10 km; andesite crossed the lake on reed boats and was dragged from the shore.

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# Sandstone was dragged on sledges and ramps from Kimsachata, 10 km; andesite crossed the lake on reed boats…

Sandstone was dragged on sledges and ramps from Kimsachata, 10 km; andesite crossed the lake on reed boats and was dragged from the shore.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Roads and drag ways between quarry and site; abandoned blocks along them; andesite only in sizes a reed boat could float.

## What would rule it out

- Andesite blocks too heavy for any plausible boat, or no quarry-to-site route.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Quarry roads and abandoned blocks are recorded at Kimsachata; andesite is sourced to Ccapia and Copacabana…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/evidence/EVD0D69YP6278PY/quarry-roads-and-abandoned-blocks-are-recorded-at-kimsachata)

Supported

FOR

[The largest andesite pieces are much smaller than the largest sandstone slabs, consistent with water…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/evidence/EVD0D69YPDW7XN3/the-largest-andesite-pieces-are-much-smaller-than-the)

Suggestive

FOR

## The questions it answers

[How were blocks of up to 130 tonnes moved to the site?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/questions/QST0D69YH203BZW/how-were-blocks-of-up-to-130-tonnes-moved-to-the-site)

Part of [How were the Puma Punku andesite blocks cut so precisely, and could the Tiwanaku have done it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/questions/QST0D69YGJC3BNF/how-were-the-puma-punku-andesite-blocks-cut-so-precisely-and)

Most likelySandstone was dragged on sledges and ramps from Kimsachata, 10 km; andesite crossed the lake on reed boats…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Sandstone was dragged on sledges and ramps from Kimsachata, 10 km; andesite crossed the lake on reed boats… [Answer ANS0D69YNY85BN2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D69YNY85BN2
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