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I think it is like concrete too, a lot of the ancient stone work we are seeing. It is just too damn perfect, looks like things were molded in a form, or melted and poured.
originally posted by: Nickn3
After 40 years in construction, I will say, the cuts look like saw marks to me. But even today the cuts around the windows would not be posable even with a modern track saw. They look more molded into place. Like formed concrete. As far a I know that's just not posable with stone.
I was going to say the same. The stone looks like it was plasticized and then hardened.
originally posted by: Nickn3
After 40 years in construction, I will say, the cuts look like saw marks to me. But even today the cuts around the windows would not be posable even with a modern track saw. They look more molded into place. Like formed concrete. As far a I know that's just not posable with stone.
originally posted by: Hidinout
Some of the stones blocks look like the H blocks at Puma Punku.
We either lost some spectacular technology or had help, in the form of laser beams or some other technology we can't understand.
Nothing in the world can convince me people were doing this type of stone work with stone or copper chisels and chicken bones.
originally posted by: Harte
They look like saw marks because they are saw marks.
Harte
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originally posted by: JamesTB
originally posted by: Harte
They look like saw marks because they are saw marks.
Harte
Saw marks in Andesite interesting. I have a couple of questions regarding this -
What were the saws made out of?
How did they manage to saw into the horizontal plane right up to the edge of vertical plane as seen below?
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originally posted by: skalla
Hiya James, you say "no tool marks", only one of those pictures offers e decent view of the worked surface, so can you really be so sure of that statement?.
I know you probably think a copper chisel a poor tool to carve the harder rocks, but the mistake many people make when thinking of "Copper Tools" is that they are ineffective. As Hart has has pointed out, some like saws and drills work by abrasion, using grits/sand/rock dust and chips caught in the copper blades and teeth to do the work. For chisels, many cultures had Copper Alloys that allow for harder tools, such as Arsenical Coppers and Bronzes that can be produced both by accident and design.
Here is an article on Copper Alloys in Ancient Peru.
The smooth surfaces on the stones are achieved by abrasion - obviously you can polish rocks. You can get them to a reflective finish with effort and the simplest of equipment. Like i've mentioned another time, sand, rock dust or charcoal can be used as an abrasive, either in a leather rag or rubbed on to the surface with a flat rock, and water or fat can be added to the mix too. This enables the polishers to go "through the grits" just as you would when sanding wood, so you get the scratches out and remove tool marks etc.
A remarkable amount of effort went into these sites, but then they were of course extremely important.
originally posted by: Hanslune
James if you are looking for a lost civilization look for its habitation sites. Constantly trying to say that the work of another culture really belongs to a much earlier one just doesn't work.
Here is a question to ponder; how did this ancient lost civilization just happen to hit upon the exact same building styles as the Inca were using - and were seen by the Spanish to be doing so?
The fringe answer: The Inca were copying the examples they saw
The follow on question, then why is their no sign of this civilization - why are its only monuments associated with the Incan Empire and that stone work with a particular tribe that was conquered by the Inca and used by them to do their best work?
originally posted by: JamesTB
originally posted by: Hanslune
James if you are looking for a lost civilization look for its habitation sites. Constantly trying to say that the work of another culture really belongs to a much earlier one just doesn't work.
Here is a question to ponder; how did this ancient lost civilization just happen to hit upon the exact same building styles as the Inca were using - and were seen by the Spanish to be doing so?
The fringe answer: The Inca were copying the examples they saw
The follow on question, then why is their no sign of this civilization - why are its only monuments associated with the Incan Empire and that stone work with a particular tribe that was conquered by the Inca and used by them to do their best work?
Look show us the tools! Otherwise you just have a theory that doesn't stand up to practical scrutiny.
originally posted by: Hanslune
originally posted by: JamesTB
originally posted by: Hanslune
James if you are looking for a lost civilization look for its habitation sites. Constantly trying to say that the work of another culture really belongs to a much earlier one just doesn't work.
Here is a question to ponder; how did this ancient lost civilization just happen to hit upon the exact same building styles as the Inca were using - and were seen by the Spanish to be doing so?
The fringe answer: The Inca were copying the examples they saw
The follow on question, then why is their no sign of this civilization - why are its only monuments associated with the Incan Empire and that stone work with a particular tribe that was conquered by the Inca and used by them to do their best work?
Look show us the tools! Otherwise you just have a theory that doesn't stand up to practical scrutiny.
Nope so you can deny it? Not going to work instead why don't you show us the tools the lost civilization used to make the stones. Trying to change the burden of proof ain't gonna work James....lol
Now go back and answer the question put to you please.
originally posted by: JamesTB
originally posted by: Hanslune
originally posted by: JamesTB
originally posted by: Hanslune
James if you are looking for a lost civilization look for its habitation sites. Constantly trying to say that the work of another culture really belongs to a much earlier one just doesn't work.
Here is a question to ponder; how did this ancient lost civilization just happen to hit upon the exact same building styles as the Inca were using - and were seen by the Spanish to be doing so?
The fringe answer: The Inca were copying the examples they saw
The follow on question, then why is their no sign of this civilization - why are its only monuments associated with the Incan Empire and that stone work with a particular tribe that was conquered by the Inca and used by them to do their best work?
Look show us the tools! Otherwise you just have a theory that doesn't stand up to practical scrutiny.
Nope so you can deny it? Not going to work instead why don't you show us the tools the lost civilization used to make the stones. Trying to change the burden of proof ain't gonna work James....lol
Now go back and answer the question put to you please.
Ha! The tools to do that job don't exist and you know it.