Stone work

[guerande]

Interesting summary about megalithic stone work around the world !



Something very strange for me : why did they construct with
convex stones That  represent a very hard work : was it for
esthetic ? Seem hard to believe  ...

All the best !

[Pimander]

I embedded the video for you.

[ArMaP]

It's not really hard work, as they already had to cut the rock, they just didn't cut on those small areas.

And no, I don't think it was for aesthetic reasons.

[guerande]

@Armap : do you realize the work you have to do for convex
faces instead of straight faces , as our cathedral , for exemple ?
Sacsahuaman is the best one : all stones are face-rounded .
Our modern buildings are " flat " , stone or concrete blocks since
years . Easier to stock , transport and build ...
Must be some sort of reason we ignore : )

Tks Pimander !

All the best !

[ArMaP]

@Armap : do you realize the work you have to do for convex
faces instead of straight faces , as our cathedral , for exemple ?

Yes, I do, I was born in an apartment above a stone masonry and watched them work the blocks of rock.

[Dyna]

In an excellent article published in Ancient American Magazine, author Laura Lee described her discussions with Dr. Ivan Watkins, a Professor of Geology at St. Cloud University in  Minnesota. Lee reports that "The methods that are supposed to have been used by the ancients, such as pounding, hammering, grinding, polishing with abrasives, and wedging, just don't match up with what Watkins sees under the microscope."

http://www.lloydpye.com/intervention/Megaliths-AncientStoneTech.htm

The stones shown on this page are the kind that amze me. I love working stone, clearly cutting perfect square or rectangle is the best way to deal with a huge stone, how does one accomplish stacking variable shaped monsters like these.

If it were me I would think I would have to make a mold of the placed stone and use it to shape the unplaced stone I am preparing. Even this would be extremely difficult to get such perfect fit.

[zorgon]

The stones shown on this page are the kind that amze me. I love working stone, clearly cutting perfect square or rectangle is the best way to deal with a huge stone, how does one accomplish stacking variable shaped monsters like these.

I cut stones too  It is NOT easy   I use diamond wheels and tools.  I have cut masonary blocks with steel chisels and hammers and have cut huge areas of rock faces with pry bars sledge hammers and splitting chisels, even rented a power hammer once.

It is NOT EASY especially granite.

The fact that these early "Puzzle B;ock" stones are now being discovered all over the world and they are the BOTTOM layer of most megalithic sites is indeed interesting Brien Forster (sp?) has made it his research and you can see his work on FaceBook and books 

He connects these Puzzle Block stones with the elongated skulls. This stuff has been around a long time but main stream archaeolgy has tended to ignore it.  These Puzzle Block stones are dated PRE INCA

There are two quarries one in Peru and one under water in Japan... they are so similar in structure it is uncanny. These huge quarries provide the stones that were transported a long way

Now in Egypt we have the Nile and supposed sleds with ropes... but in the Andies we have steep cliffs  so how did these guys get those huge megaliths up to 9,000 feet from quarrys much further down the mountains?



The Incas built on TOP of the old Puzzle Blocks  and there are fancy cuts in the old stones like perfect 90% corners and drill holes

I really want to catalog Brien Forsters material  Need to chat with him and see if I can copy that to the website with promise to promote his books etc

He goes directly to these sites and takes lots of pictures of the stuff the archaeologists have not bothered to show us

If anyone wants to volunteer to be the go between  please step up to the plate