I'm referring to Puma Punku, located near the better known Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) site.

Although they are generally considered to be part of the same complex, some have theorized that the astonishing stonework at Puma Punku may have been made by an even older and more advanced civilization than the builders of Tiwanaku.

As for the dating of both sites, mainstream archeology, always reticent to push the dates back too far, puts initial construction at around 1,500 years ago.

The dating of the site isn't very important to my hypothesis here, but I should mention that many disagree with this conclusion, and some have suggested that the original site could indeed be far older than a mere 1,500 years.

Arthur Posnansky was one of the first well known individuals to suggest this, dating Tiwanaku to around 15,000 years ago using so-called "archaeoastronomical" techniques.

Although his work has since been discredited among mainstream archeology, writers like Graham Hancock have renewed interest in his work. I find it interesting, regardless of the veracity of his claims, that his date of 12-15,000 years ago brings us to the same time period as the recently acknowledged oldest man-made structure on earth, Turkey's Göbekli Tepe, a site undiscovered in Posnansky's time.

As for the society that built Puma Punku, almost nothing is known. If the pre-Incan culture that built Tiwanaku was more sophisticated than the Incas themselves, then it seems entirely possible that whoever made the stones at Puma Punku were more advanced than the recognized culture at Tiwanaku, and therefore much older as well.

Ironically enough, pre-Columbian civilizations were supposed to be ignorant of the wheel (a long-standing belief by mainstream academia that is finally beginning to be overturned), yet they were capable of creating the following...?

Here are a few pictures of Puma Punku:

The "H" Blocks, some have over 80 different surfaces

H Blocks, another angle

4 in a row

Diagram of the H Blocks

"plus signs"

plus sign, up close(!)

another many-sided stone

last one

Writer Igor Witkowski has written an excellent book disputing the current model of the early colonization of the Americas, pointing out that although a Northern "land bridge" migration probably occurred, the Americas had long before been populated, as the oldest sites are to be found in South America, inconsistent with a slow North to South migration.

Witkowski, who personally traveled to Puma Punku to make detailed measurements of the blocks, makes a strong case that an advanced sea-faring culture had a major presence on the planet long before the current model allows for one.

Although this hypothesis is sound and not unreasonable, it seems that the Ancient Aliens meme has taken over any rational discussion about these sort of topics. As of right now, the mystery of Puma Punku has nothing to do with aliens, and anyone who lumps them together is doing us all a disservice.

For example, this guy wrote an article "debunking" the claims about Puma Punku, when all he does is say:

"So once again, we have an accomplishment by ancient craftsmen whom some paranormalists have attempted to discredit by attributing their work to aliens. This is not only irrational, it's a non-sequitur conclusion to draw from the observations."

I couldn't agree more!

It very well may be that "extraterrestrials" were involved, but until evidence for this is unearthed, the more rational thing to do is assume that humans crafted the stones, and they may have done so using a technology that shouldn't have been around at the time, at least according to the mainstream version of history.

This "skeptical" writer throws the baby out with the bathwater...because the ancient alien meme has infiltrated the interpretation of sites like Puma Punku, he chooses to dismiss the possibility that although mankind should be given credit for the accomplishment, the fact that mankind even accomplished such a feat in such a remote time is an even greater and more majestic mystery than the idea that some lizards came in flying saucers and built intricate blocks on earth.

Sites like Puma Punku can be found around the world, it just happens to be one of the most astonishing (other than the Great Pyramid at Giza, obviously).

Here's a video I recently found of some unbelievable stone blocks in Peru, it's worth watching in its entirety

As I think is evident from the pictures, the builders of Puma Punku surely accomplished something incredible, whether or not you believe some sort of unknown technology was employed.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, any thoughts would be appreciated!