# Stanish 2015: The strange site of Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes) in the Pisco Valley, Peru

> Charles Stanish, Henry Tantaleán, 2015. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The origin of the accounting hypothesis that the 2025 paper tests.

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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.

**Monte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"** Article0

## What it's used for here

The origin of the accounting hypothesis that the 2025 paper tests.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The band was built in the Inca period (after about AD 1400) as part of the state's administration.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/answers/ANS0D5PH8EA2D0D/the-band-was-built-in-the-inca-period-after-about-ad-1400-as)

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[Stanish and Tantaleán propose an accounting and storage device](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/events/EVT0D5PH2JT53TT/stanish-and-tantalean-propose-an-accounting-and-storage)

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[Charles Stanish](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/people/FIG0D5PH1BR7YNY/charles-stanish)

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[Henry Tantaleán](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/people/FIG0D5PH1KJ10Q4/henry-tantalean)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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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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[Read it free at ioa.ucla.edu](https://ioa.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/media/assets/Backdirt2015.pdf)

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**SRC** 0D5PGY661DCH

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