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The strange site of Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes) in the Pisco Valley, Peru
Charles Stanish, Henry Tantaleán, 2015. Backdirt (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA) 2015, 70–75.
Survey report proposing that the holes were an accounting and temporary storage device of the Late Intermediate Period or Inca era, used to sort produce into standard measures.
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The origin of the accounting hypothesis that the 2025 paper tests.
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Stanish, C., & Tantaleán, H. (2015). The strange site of Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes) in the Pisco Valley, Peru. Backdirt (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA) 2015, 70–75. https://ioa.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/media/assets/Backdirt2015.pdf
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Stanish, Charles and Henry Tantaleán. “The strange site of Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes) in the Pisco Valley, Peru.” Backdirt (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA) 2015, 70–75 (2015).