Stones at Vilcashuamán in Ayacucho, Peru, have been described as cracked and deformed, with surfaces that appear melted. Basalt melts at roughly 1,000–1,200°C, not at least 2,000°C, and no dating evidence links the stones to a 12,800-year-old cataclysm. Boston University professor Robert M. Schoch proposes that intense plasma-discharge events involving the sun could have damaged ancient sites worldwide. That remains his hypothesis, not an established cause.
Melt-like stones at Vilcashuamán do not establish a 12,800-year cataclysm
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Key facts
- Vilcashuamán is in Ayacucho, Peru. Its unusual stones have been described as cracked and deformed, with melt-like surfaces.
- Basalt melts at roughly 1,000–1,200°C, not at least 2,000°C.
- No dating evidence links the stones to cataclysmic events around 12,000 or 12,800 years ago.
- Robert M. Schoch is an associate professor of Natural Sciences at Boston University.
- Schoch proposes that intense plasma-discharge events involving the sun could have damaged ancient sites worldwide; this is his hypothesis, not an established cause.
- The site contains megalithic and Inca-era remains, but proximity does not establish the age or cause of the stone damage.
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