In this article, I propose to study the photographs that show the inner faces of the destroyed areas of polygonal masonry in Peru. Photos were posted by Evgeny Berzin in the Travel and Artifacts group. Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Middle East on facebook.
This and the following photographs are from the Travel & Artifacts group. Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Middle East & quot; in facebook.
Surviving polygonal masonry segment. The rest is a rubble stone in solution. We see that there are edges on the side edges (which were internal). Could they have survived the grinding process? Whether they are lying.
Close-up of edges on the edges.
My opinion is that if this was achieved by grinding, then such a border could not remain. And it was formed due to the fact that the higher block pressed into the lower one, because all masonry was formed from a plastic material, geo-concrete.
Yesterday 481 views 437 reads 5 min. 481 views. Unique visitors to the page. 437 reads, 91%. Users who have read to the end. 5 minutes. Average time to read a publication. The internal structure of polygonal masonry in Peru My articles about the differences in the methods of making blocks of polygonal masonry, as well as about the version describing the technology of casting (or rather the molding of such masonry) from geo-concrete, caused a heated discussion. Livejournal special. There were many comments, the authors of which, in spite of the facts and explanations given in the articles, argued that the blocks were grinding one to another. The best way to check this is to repeat such a masonry in exactly this manner with obtaining exactly this quality of pairing of blocks. But no one in all the time made even an attempt to repeat it. Well, of course, the builders spent decades grinding in,but modern man does not have that much time. But this is why skeptics believe that the ancients did not value time? And that not a single customer would wait for a ghostly result in many years, as now. In this article, I propose to study the photographs that show the inner faces of the destroyed areas of polygonal masonry in Peru. Photos were posted by Evgeny Berzin in the Travel and Artifacts group. Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Middle East on facebook. This and the following photographs are from the Travel & Artifacts group. Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Middle East & quot; This and the following photos are from the Travel & Artifacts group. Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Middle East & quot; on facebook This and the following photos are from the Travel & Artifacts group. Peru, Bolivia, Mexico,Middle East & quot; on facebook The surviving segment of polygonal masonry. The rest is a rubble stone in solution. We see that there are edges on the side edges (which were internal). Could they have survived the grinding process? Whether they are lying. Close-up edges on the edges My opinion is that if this was achieved by rubbing, then such a edge could not remain. And it was formed due to the fact that the higher block pressed into the lower one, because all masonry was formed from a plastic material, geo-concrete. I have circled those areas with a visible border I have circled those areas with a visible border I have circled those areas with a visible border. Close-up edges on the edges My opinion is that if this was achieved by rubbing, then such a edge could not remain. And it was formed due to the fact that the higher block pressed into the lower one, because all masonry was formed from a plastic material, geo-concrete. I have circled those areas with a visible border I have circled those areas with a visible border I have circled those areas with a visible border. Close-up edges on the edges My opinion is that if this was achieved by rubbing, then such a edge could not remain. And it was formed due to the fact that the higher block pressed into the lower one, because all masonry was formed from a plastic material, geo-concrete. I have circled those areas with a visible border I have circled those areas with a visible border I have circled those areas with a visible border.
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The blocks themselves, while gaining strength, were still expanding, turned out like barrels and, when expanding, pressed against each other with neighboring faces. Even if a small volume remained unfilled with rock, it was filled during expansion. That is why we see such a picture of the fantastic contact of polygonal masonry blocks.
When the stone moves back and forth during the grinding process, it would repeat the contour of the underlying block and this border, even if it was originally, was erased.
I propose to think it over: is it really possible to grind a stone to neighboring ones in several planes? Even with a cursory reflection on the process, it becomes clear that the bottom edge under the weight of the stone will wear out faster than the side ones. And if the side face is inclined or curved, then mating along them with simultaneous adhesion to all faces will not work. The abrasion of the edges must be uniform.
The fact that this block is a casting with a subsequent increase in the volume of the stone is evidenced by this photo:
Remember the photos of trowans, growing stones (for more details - here) There, too, there is the same peeling of the rock like shells. The following happened in this block: the surface layer hardened very quickly (reaction with CO2 of the air), and the internal masses, increasing, broke this "shell".
Bloated blocks. This form of processing and grinding stones cannot be explained.
The following photos are from this location:
How can you explain such internal faces of blocks by lapping? These are precisely the indentations in the plastic rock.
Still open block with previously inner edges. Likewise, depressions in its mass.
This photo shows that the upper block stood immediately on the lower two and left a trace in them. No rubbing can explain such a trace.
Sacred Valley of the Incas. How to grind this inner corner in the stone on the left?
On these blocks, the "shell" also fell off a little during the expansion of the block.
I think that these examples clearly show that grinding blocks in polygonal masonry of this level is impossible. This can only be built by molding geo-concrete.