the machu picchu stones came from bolivia.
the machu picchu stones came from bolivia.
where did the machu picchu stones come from?
bolivia
the section of the mountain where machu picchu was built provided various challenges that the incas solved with local materials. one issue was the seismic activity due to two fault lines. it made mortar and similar building methods nearly useless. instead, the inca mined stones from the quarry at the site, lined them up and shaped them to fit together perfectly, stabilizing the structures. inca walls have many stabilizing features: doors and windows are trapezoidal, narrowing from bottom to top; corners usually are rounded; inside corners often incline slightly into the rooms, and outside corners were often tied together by "l"-shaped blocks; walls are offset slightly from row to row rather than rising straight from bottom to top.
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bullet::::- tourism in peru









































bullet::::- caral









































bullet::::- religion in the inca empire









































section::::further reading.









































bullet::::- rice, mark (2018). "making machu picchu: the politics of tourism in twentieth-century peru" (u of north carolina press) online review









































bullet::::- (1989). "machu picchu and cuzco", "journal of hispanic philology", vol. 13, pp. 97–101.









































section::::external links.









































bullet::::- geology of machu picchu









































bullet::::- unesco – machu picchu (world heritage)









































bullet::::- wright paleohydrological institute with reports on water management at machu picchu









































bullet::::- profile at protectedplanet.net









































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bullet::::- time photos – machu picchu: 100 years since its rediscovery
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