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Florida professor may have solved mystery of Peru’s Band of Holes

Charles Stanish surmised indentations were rudimentary market place and later adapted as accounting and storage system

The Guardian - US · Nov 27, 2025

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the centuries-old 5,200 mystery holes in the Peruvian Andes

Drone footage and on-the-ground excavations high in the Andes are revealing what the Chincha Kingdom and Inca Empire may have used these holes for centuries ago.

LiveScience · Nov 10, 2025

A centuries-old grid of holes in the Andes may have been a ‘spreadsheet’ for accounting and exchange

In 1931, geologist Robert Shippee and US Navy Lieutenant George R. Johnson led one of the first aerial photography expeditions in South America. They captured stunning photographs of landscapes across the Andes, including some peculiar “pockmarks” in the Pisco Valley of southern Peru.

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2025