Cajamarquilla Holes (Pisco Valley "Band of Holes")

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The "Band of Holes" consists of approximately 6,900 holes carved into the barren rock near Pisco Valley, Peru on a plain Cajamarquilla.

Holes vary between 6-7 feet deep, though some are merely shallow indents as if not completed.

Mysterious!

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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Holes
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Coordinates:   13°42'38"S   75°52'28"W

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  • With this limited information of a site that has been known of since before the National Geographic article of 1933, no one yet has hazard a guess as to when these holes were dug. Interestingly are there proximity to the Nazca Plain.
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