The stones of clay

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Carlos Gamero Esparza

Abstract

For centuries it has been said that the ability of the Andean people to carve the stone walls and can withstand up forever was a myth. Science, in its quest to solve the riddle, he argues that the stones were carved pick, chisel and hammer, because it does not make the ancient Peruvian other technology has ever known than the bow and arrow. Legend has it that the gods had madetwo gifts to the natives to make those colossal works of architecture, coca leaf and other wonderful properties plant, which mixed with various components, the hardest rock became a pasty moldable substance. Pitiwe is the bird that hides the secret of this substance. About this story deepens this article.

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Gamero Esparza, Carlos. 2003. “The Stones of Clay”. Vivat Academia. Journal of Communication, no. 46 (June):1-78. https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2003.46.1-78.
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Carlos Gamero Esparza, Diario OJO, Lima. Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

Reconocido Periodista peruano del Diario OJO de Lima. Licenciado con Diploma de Honor en la Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.