In this one, Dr. Miano gets two questions about ancient polygonal masonry, and the inevitable questions about the great Inca fortress of Sacsayhuaman. How was it built? An interview with architect Vincent Lee sheds some light on the issues.

CONTENTS
00:00 Introduction
02:32 Ancient Greek polygonal masonry
05:31 Ancient Italian polygonal masonry
06:04 Intro to Sacsayhuaman
12:05 Vincent Lee on Inca stone quarrying
17:53 Vincent Lee on Inca stone transportation
24:35 Vincent Lee on stone placement at Sacsayhuaman
31:59 Vincent Lee's theory of stone placement at Sacsayhuaman
43:56 The worldwide polygonal masonry phenomenon

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► REFERENCES
Vince Lee's website: www.vincelee.com

On whether the rocks at Sacsayhuaman are geopolymer or natural:    • Geopolymer or Natural Rocks? The Geol...  

Guaman Poma's book, Nueva corónica y buen gobierno: http://www5.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma...

On Inca quarrying and stonecutting:
https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.ed...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/...

On Sacsayhuaman:
https://scihub.se/https://doi.org/10...
https://scihub.se/https://doi.org/10...

More on polygonal masonry:
http://www.architetturadipietra.it/wp...

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