Views of the Palaspata temple: A) an aerial mosaic created from recent drone images, and B) a filtered image showing color differences, overlaid with a grid to outline the temple's structure.Cambridge University Press
Views of the Palaspata temple: A) an aerial mosaic created from recent drone images, and B) a filtered image showing color differences, overlaid with a grid to outline the temple's structure.Cambridge University Press
atop a ridge in the remote highlands southeast of Lake Titicaca,
Waiting....
“...The temple’s surface was scattered with fragments of keru cups....”
Dang K-Cups everywhere!................
It wasn’t remote at all until it was... I am going to claim again that the population was substantially higher than what they think or claim.
One is reminded of Unwin's thesis.
LIDAR is going to reveal tons of cities in the Amazon.
I am constantly surprised at the people who are surprised that the earth changes over thousands of years. I can only imagine what is under the Antarctic ice cap or the Sahara.
Everything old is gonna be new again.
“vanished” is a pretty dramatic word. Numerous seismic, volcanic, atmospheric events affected South America over the time period with some apparent written records and many more oral traditions of bad mojo. Quakes would play hell with stone, masonry structures. Maybe when the food dries up, the leaders pay the price and the civilization disperses to where the food (any food) is found.
“Lost temple found”
Dang it- now the mystery is dead.
Looks like an early strip mall with an out lot fast food joint in the center.
I don't think it was a Temple like they always claim. These folks actually had more important priorities like eating to survive. I think it was a grain open threshing platform, processing, and storage facility. And if so it processed and stored a lot of grain for a lot of people...
