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Multi-periodSite Name: Saihuite Stone Alternative Name: Sayhuite, SaywiteCountry: Peru Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Cusco Nearest Village: Chalhuanca
Latitude: 13.547242S Longitude: 72.802978W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Michelledubois visited on 1st Apr 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5
It is assumed that this stone was used for ritual divination purposes, but no one knows how.
The Saihuite Stone is located in the Saihuite Archaeological Site which is 47 kilometres east of the community of Aboncay. Aboncay is located at the junction of two important Peruvian roads: the Caminos del Inca Road, an old road dating since Incan times, between the cities of Nazca and Cusco, and the Via de los Libertadores, between Ayacucho and Cusco.
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