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The Stones of Tiahuanaco: A Study of Architecture and Construction
Jean-Pierre Protzen, Stella Nair, 2013. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press.
The fullest study of Tiwanaku stoneworking: the two stones (red sandstone and grey andesite), the tool marks, the geometry of the cut blocks, the use of templates and modules, the cramps, and experiments reproducing the cuts with stone tools and abrasion.
What it's used for here
The main source for how the stones were made and for the measurements that address the "impossible precision" claims.
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Research copy, for editors and curators. The work is the publisher's, so readers are sent to it. We keep this copy so the citation can be checked if the page changes or goes.
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Protzen, J. P., & Nair, S. (2013). The Stones of Tiahuanaco: A Study of Architecture and Construction. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvdmwwsq
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Protzen, Jean-Pierre and Stella Nair. “The Stones of Tiahuanaco: A Study of Architecture and Construction.” Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press (2013). https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvdmwwsq.