Constructed around 350 B.C., Chankillo is believed to have been built for seasonal events, rituals, sun festivals and for keeping a seasonal calendar through solar observations (Ghezzi, Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy 59-61). Chankillo is known as the Peruvian ‘Stonehenge’ as stated by the MIT Technology Review. It has 13 towers that are neatly aligned but nobody knows for sure why these towers were constructed this way (Emerging Technology From the arXiv). All information was destroyed and lost when the pre-Incans fought and demolished the once great site of Chankillo. All that remains are the ruins which stand as puzzle pieces for scientists to analyze and resolve to unearth their
Constructed around 350 B.C., Chankillo is believed to have been built for seasonal events, rituals, sun festivals and for keeping a seasonal calendar through solar observations (Ghezzi, Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy 59-61). Chankillo is known as the Peruvian ‘Stonehenge’ as stated by the MIT Technology Review. It has 13 towers that are neatly aligned but nobody knows for sure why these towers were constructed this way (Emerging Technology From the arXiv). All information was destroyed and lost when the pre-Incans fought and demolished the once great site of Chankillo. All that remains are the ruins which stand as puzzle pieces for scientists to analyze and resolve to unearth their