Datartefact
← Back to collection

Author Chincha Kingdom & Inca Empire

Date of creation 1100-1600

Monte Sierpe "Band of Holes"

Exceptional topographical site in Peru containing approximately 5,000 regularly spaced holes in the ground, used for goods exchange and accounting during the Inca Empire.

Monte Sierpe

Image: Monte Sierpe’s holes. © C. Stanish

Further reading