Very interesting that you suggest corn booze in addition to wine. Chicha was a traditional fermented drink made from corn (maize) and other grain crops. It was

Very interesting that you suggest corn booze in addition to wine. Chicha was a traditional fermented drink made from corn (maize) and other grain crops. It was fermented in large ceramic vessels according to this source [0]. One of the links I had earlier to the wine making showed ceramic vessels that looked consistently sized and shaped and I think it is possible that they are in a traditional design. I wonder whether anyone has tried fitting a similar modern vessel into one of the holes after excavating to near it's original design. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicha I did find another recent paper that suggests that the site was part of an Inca tribute collection system where everyone's tributes would be tallied. It is a very interesting paper and offers another plausible use case for the site in the context of what they have already found in the area. [1] [1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/300501765_The_Strange_Site_of_Monte_Sierpe_Band_of_Holes_in_the_Pisco_Valley_Peru https://www.researchgate.net/publication/300501765_The_Stran... Perhaps tributes were paid in grain, or liquid products. Near the end of the paper they note that: >In either regard, the line of holes at Monte Sierpe would have provided an ideal place to deposit tribute, where it could be easily recorded by the accountants of the Inca state (quipucamayoc) on site and then transported to Tambo Colorado or wherever the Inca authorities desired. This valley was an important valley along the ancient Inca road so it makes sense that they would need a place to store things for distribution or to accumulate them for tributes.