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The Inca repairs theory is not well supported by evidence. Incas used smaller stones for detailed elements higher up and larger stones for basic elements lower
by m0llusk 5y ago
The Inca repairs theory is not well supported by evidence. Incas used smaller stones for detailed elements higher up and larger stones for basic elements lower down. Along the same lines, most of Machu Picchu is earthworks that support the structure and landscape terraces and that has an even more mysterious relationship to the buildings on top.
- ncmncm 5y agoThe difference is not the size of the stones, but the quality of workmanship. You could imagine the competent masons doing most of the building, and leaving the top bits for the apprentices to slap together in a hurry, but it would be a stretch. The more plausible scenario is earthquake damage displacing upper courses, to be repaired and added onto some unknown time later, maybe centuries. We need those surface luminescence studies to get some objective facts to work with.