7. The stonework of Pumapunku is NOT so complex only extraterrestrials could have carved it
Pumapunku is part of a temple complex at the Tiwanaku Site, Bolivia, dating from 536 CE and the location in Inca mythology where the world was created. Within the site, historically a center of human sacrifices, resides the “Plataforma Lítica”: a structure consisting of a stone terrace and paved with stone blocks; the largest of these blocks is measured at 25.6 feet long, 17 feet wide, 3.5. feet thick, and estimated to weight 131 tons. Throughout the site, described as “unimaginably wondrous” at its peak, is evidence of precision carving and cutting as well as architectural cramps – technology previously considered too advanced for the building capabilities of pre-European American civilizations.
Due to these building techniques, historically considered to have been beyond New World civilizations, a prolonged debate has ensued regarding the methods used to achieve the remarkable designs. Pumapunku has become a central location in ancient astronaut conjecture, with claims made that precision cuts of less than 1mm in variation into dense rocks such as diorite, the presence of smooth drilling holes reminiscent of modern-day prefabrication, or the existence of metal I-cramps at the site proves the use of advanced alien technologies rivaling our own modern tools.
However, overlooking the often arrogant racialist foundations of many of these assertions – that a New World civilization without a known writing system could comprehend the complexities of European architecture – these arguments fail to hold up. The loss of technology is a common occurrence throughout history, with the Incas upon discovering Pumapunku believing it was a city of the gods; it is possible the unknown civilization that constructed the site possessed technology capabilities more advanced that those of Natives encountered during the Age of Exploration. Equally, stone-cutters and builders were important professions and compared against the portfolio of human engineering from the ancient world it is not unreasonable to believe that a master of their craft was capable of such careful, precise work.