Pumapunku in Bolivia: traditional archaeology dates it after ~536 CE, but Austrian archaeologist Arthur Posnansky proposed 11,000–17,000 years old based on archaeoastronomy and geological comparisons. Built of andesitic volcanic stone with puzzle-fit precision so tight a razor blade can't fit. Perfectly straight stones with identical circular holes. Already abandoned when Incas arrived, no record of builders.
Pumapunku dating controversy and impossible stonework
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- Traditional archaeological dating places Pumapunku around 500 CE
- Austrian archaeologist Arthur Posnansky proposed 17,000-year-old date based on solar alignments
- Structures built of granite and diorite with puzzle-fit precision
- Razor blade cannot fit between blocks
- Perfectly straight stones with circular holes drilled at exactly same size and depth
- Modern experts state site would be near impossible to replicate with modern technology
- Site was already abandoned when discovered by Incas
- No historical record exists of who built it or when
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But in 1945, archaeologist Arthur Posnansky proposed that Puma Punku was much, much older–perhaps going back to 15,000 BC. And Ancient Astronaut theorists point ...
Tiwanaku - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
From 1910 to 1945, Arthur Posnansky maintained that the site was 11,000–17,000 years old based on comparisons to geological eras and archaeoastronomy.
The non-mystery of Puma Punku and Tiwanakudiggingupancientaliens.com
Posnansky most often claimed that the Tiwanaku site was 12,000 years old, but to Newman's credit, there are some mentions of 17,000 BCE. How was ...
Arthur Posnansky, the Czar of Tiwanaku Archaeologyarchaeologybulletin.org
Posnansky proposed a five-stage sequence that began over 12,000 years ago (the date varies and is as old as 17,000 years ago in some publications) when the ...
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