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A 1.5-km ancient site in Peru was a pre-Columbian marketplace and Inca tribute hub, used for trade and tax collection.
New research shows Monte Sierpe in Peru’s Pisco Valley—a 1.5 km site with 5,200 holes—served as a pre-Columbian marketplace and Inca tribute system, storing goods like maize and quinoa in woven containers.
Its organized layout, with repeating numerical patterns resembling khipus, indicates it functioned as a trade and tax hub for at least 700 years.
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Un sitio antiguo de 1,5 km en Perú fue un mercado precolombino y centro de tributo inca, utilizado para el comercio y la recaudación de impuestos.