I think the most intersting facts about this site were: They were not descovered until about 1970-they were not made a historic site until 1981, so some of the site has been destroyed by construction compaines.
Multiple tribes inhabited the site, and each time an new tribe came, they built a new temple on top of the previous one-so the "gran pyramid" actually extends deep into the ground, but they cannot excavate for fear that the pyramid would collapse. Bringing me to the next and I believe most intesting fact: The idigenous peoples built all pyramids and walls by hand, creating each adobe brick individually and letting it sun dry. In the last picture, you can see fingerprints from where hands crafted each brick. The manner in wihch they laid the bricks was also unique. Because of the fault line that runs under the coast of Lima, they did not pack each brick right next to each other, rather in a vertical fashion with space in between each adobe. This allowed for the walls and temples to absorb the shock and also flex in a sense in the event of an earthquake.
Intersting place I must say, especially a sight in the middle of a gigantic city
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so i have been thinking.... this is what we should make our house out of!
you know, all these earthquakes we have in fargo! it makes sense!! :)
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