Interactive Dig Tiwanaku - Sillustani Stone Ramp

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June-October 2002

Revealing Ancient Bolivia: 2002 Season: Totora Boat

Experimental Archaeology

This stone ramp at the ruins of Sillustani in Peru demonstrates how the Inka moved large stones to create their funeral towers. It is a good example of what we are trying to duplicate in terms of loading the stone onto the totora reed boat. (Paul Harmon)

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