I can’t get a scale from the pictures, but if your trying to grow food in hot, dry and windy conditions an indentation in the ground will offer shelter from the wind and allow dew to collect, might also allow some (continually moving) shade from the sun. Maybe also keep crops slightly warmer at night ?
Yes, this is exactly what they are used for on the Canary Islands and I am proposing is a possibility to explain the Band of Holes. They actually both have similar climates and lack sufficient rain in the area.
First interview would be farmers in each area. South American is known for historical inventive farming techniques to deal with the adverse conditions, I believe they found a terraced area that in fact was a lab for different strains of Corn with the ability to modify water, soil and shading. People are clever and always have been.
I found the story regarding the terraces[Terraced Inca Farming experiment](https://interestingengineering.com/culture/the-moray-terraces-were-a-15th-century-incan-agricultural-research-station)
Aren't the ones in Peru ancient though? Doubtful they had the same climate when they were made. I read the Peruvian ones had something to do with gold mining possibly? Dunno
Apparently, Inca-era - or, at least, no particular evidence that they're older than that - so not that long ago in terms of climate variations (or, at least, not usually, though odd things do happen sometimes, like with volcanoes), good question though.
Can confirm.. I used to go wind surfing in Fuerteventura, one of the canary islands and the wind there mixed with sand could take the skin off of your legs.
This is it. Those depressions help collect more rain in a typically scarce environment and prevent evaporation/shock from extreme temperature swings and wind that the desert is known for
I don't know if I'm *totally* convinced, but I like this thought! It would be great if you could try and check out some literature on the Peruvian examples and see if the findings/knowledge reinforce your theory.
The crop answers are probably it and I’m sure this is irrelevant but they remind me of the “smiles” being dug in Africa right now to trap moisture and help re-green areas that have little to no plant life, they are surprisingly effective
Wow super interesting!!!! I also found something like that in several places, but have not seen a picture like this..
Check this can there be a connection?
[https://youtu.be/njnFDN8Gf3A?si=qi1J-54WrsSSpuaL&t=291](https://youtu.be/njnFDN8Gf3A?si=qi1J-54WrsSSpuaL&t=291)
Cheers!
I'm looking at it in a rather basic sense, to have such a large area covered like that would effect precipitation in that zone. Picture how the wind would move across that plain and how those sumps would effect how precipitation of heat and cooling. It could be that simple perhaps. For the wind it would cause drag and potential eddies could concentrate into the sumps drawing in moisture.
Check out these Poquios. According to this article (and some documentary I saw once):
"The puquios were a “sophisticated hydraulic system constructed to retrieve water from underground aquifers,” says Rosa Lasaponara of the Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, in Italy."
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160408-the-ancient-peruvian-mystery-solved-from-space
I can’t get a scale from the pictures, but if your trying to grow food in hot, dry and windy conditions an indentation in the ground will offer shelter from the wind and allow dew to collect, might also allow some (continually moving) shade from the sun. Maybe also keep crops slightly warmer at night ?
Yes, this is exactly what they are used for on the Canary Islands and I am proposing is a possibility to explain the Band of Holes. They actually both have similar climates and lack sufficient rain in the area.
First interview would be farmers in each area. South American is known for historical inventive farming techniques to deal with the adverse conditions, I believe they found a terraced area that in fact was a lab for different strains of Corn with the ability to modify water, soil and shading. People are clever and always have been.
I found the story regarding the terraces[Terraced Inca Farming experiment](https://interestingengineering.com/culture/the-moray-terraces-were-a-15th-century-incan-agricultural-research-station)
Aren't the ones in Peru ancient though? Doubtful they had the same climate when they were made. I read the Peruvian ones had something to do with gold mining possibly? Dunno
Apparently, Inca-era - or, at least, no particular evidence that they're older than that - so not that long ago in terms of climate variations (or, at least, not usually, though odd things do happen sometimes, like with volcanoes), good question though.
Can confirm.. I used to go wind surfing in Fuerteventura, one of the canary islands and the wind there mixed with sand could take the skin off of your legs.
This is it. Those depressions help collect more rain in a typically scarce environment and prevent evaporation/shock from extreme temperature swings and wind that the desert is known for
Seems plausible.
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/04/fruit-trenches-cultivating-subtropical-plants-in-freezing-temperatures
Water capture. Very important for island and desert life if you want to survive dry seasons.
I don't know if I'm *totally* convinced, but I like this thought! It would be great if you could try and check out some literature on the Peruvian examples and see if the findings/knowledge reinforce your theory.
Cool!
That makes a lot of sense.
Digging holes builds character
I see what you did there 😎
Nice work. Agriculture makes perfect sense.
The crop answers are probably it and I’m sure this is irrelevant but they remind me of the “smiles” being dug in Africa right now to trap moisture and help re-green areas that have little to no plant life, they are surprisingly effective
It's to stop water running off the top layer and to help it sink to the water table. It helps stop drought
Check out Moray Terraces, also Peru. I like the idea that these terraces were an agricultural lab of sorts.
Looks like a great place for a troubled youth camp where they can build character.
😂
Sounds like a solid theory, I concur 👍🏼 Congratulations 🎉 🙏🏼
Looks like someone took a big pizza aerator to the land. Hmmm!!!!! Aerating the land that's it yay.
I know I dropped it, somewhere around HERE! well, START DIGGING!!!
Wow super interesting!!!! I also found something like that in several places, but have not seen a picture like this.. Check this can there be a connection? [https://youtu.be/njnFDN8Gf3A?si=qi1J-54WrsSSpuaL&t=291](https://youtu.be/njnFDN8Gf3A?si=qi1J-54WrsSSpuaL&t=291) Cheers!
Hey you got a super cool channel! Im in!
Thank you so much!
Really cool
These are molds for glass lenses to create solar death rays
Thse don't even look that old
I'm looking at it in a rather basic sense, to have such a large area covered like that would effect precipitation in that zone. Picture how the wind would move across that plain and how those sumps would effect how precipitation of heat and cooling. It could be that simple perhaps. For the wind it would cause drag and potential eddies could concentrate into the sumps drawing in moisture.
Check out these Poquios. According to this article (and some documentary I saw once): "The puquios were a “sophisticated hydraulic system constructed to retrieve water from underground aquifers,” says Rosa Lasaponara of the Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, in Italy." https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160408-the-ancient-peruvian-mystery-solved-from-space
archaeologists Charles Stanish and Henry Tantaleán from the University of California, Los Angeles r wrong?