[Aztlan] NG Video On Possible Site of Paititi
Hoopes, John W
hoopes at ku.edu
Sun Jan 20 10:59:13 CST 2008
It would be wonderful if this is an archaeological find, but the "masonry" in the video looks suspiciously like naturally fractured stone and not the hand-cut blocks that are so characteristic of Inca pirca masonry. I don't mean to be overly skeptical, but natural geological formations have been mistaken for archaeological ruins in the Bahamas (the Bimini "beach rock" claimed to be evidence of lost Atlantis), in eastern Honduras (the legendary "Ciudad Blanca"), in eastern Nicaragua, and in Bosnia (the so-called Bosnian "pyramids"). Limestone, in particular, can fracture into regular rectangular blocks that look a lot like stone masonry.
If it's an Inca (or even pre-Inca) site, there should be stone that has been obviously cut as well as diagnostic pottery. Neither of these has yet been reported in the posted articles.
Just my two cents...
John Hoopes
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