- Band of Holes is in southern Peru.
- The site is also called Monte Sierpe.
- The site forms a 1.5-kilometer long line.
- It has more than 5,200 evenly spaced pits.
- Each pit is about one to two meters wide.
- The pits are up to one meter deep.
- National Geographic first photographed it in 1933.
- Scientists used drones and sediment analysis recently.
- Researchers found maize and wild plant traces.
- They think people used the pits for simple accounting.
Difficult words
- pit — a deep hole in the ground.pits
- carve — to cut into a surface.carved
- storage — keeping things for later use.
- trade — the action of buying and selling.
- important — having great value or significance.
- Indigenous — native to a place, not brought from elsewhere.
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Discussion questions
- Why do you think the Band of Holes is important?
- Have you seen any ancient sites? What were they like?
- Why do you think people carved the pits?
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