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Vestboy Started conversation Aug 27, 2009
A fascinating article.
I was intrigued to read that they had no metal tools. How did they cut the stones of their great buildings and then carve them so intricately?
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Giford Posted Aug 27, 2009
Hi Vestboy,
The simple answer is that they carved soft stone using harder stones! Obsidian and basalt were their main tool-making materials.
Gif 
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Vestboy Posted Aug 27, 2009
I wondered if that was the case or whether they had some very clever way of doing it that has been lost in the mists of time.
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