Jacob L. Bongers
@jbongers.bsky.social
TAB Postdoc @ Sydney Uni | Archaeologist of Australia & Andes | Digital Archaeology, Ritual Landscapes, Land Use | Former NSF GRFP/BU CAS SoF Scholar
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🕳️ What can over 5,200 holes carved into an Andean hillside reveal about ancient life?
🎙️ In this episode of Curiosity Meets The Past, digital archaeologist, @jbongers.bsky.social, discusses his team's new research + hypothesis at Monte Sierpe in Peru 🏺 🧪
#archaeology
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🎙️ In this episode of Curiosity Meets The Past, digital archaeologist, @jbongers.bsky.social, discusses his team's new research + hypothesis at Monte Sierpe in Peru 🏺 🧪
#archaeology
youtu.be/vowED8uJiII
How Archaeologists Are Rethinking 5,200 Andean Holes
YouTube video by Dr. Smiti Nathan
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November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Thanks for your interest and watching the segment!!!
Fascinating to read about drone-mapping and the #BandofHoles accounting and trading system in ancient Peru. I just watched a segment on ABC News Breakfast too. @jbongers.bsky.social theconversation.com/a-centuries-...
A centuries-old grid of holes in the Andes may have been a ‘spreadsheet’ for accounting and exchange
An ancient band of thousands of precisely aligned small pits stretching 1.5 kilometres across the Pisco Valley in Peru has baffled experts for almost a century.
theconversation.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Fascinating to read about drone-mapping and the #BandofHoles accounting and trading system in ancient Peru. I just watched a segment on ABC News Breakfast too. @jbongers.bsky.social theconversation.com/a-centuries-...
A centuries-old grid of holes in the Andes may have been a ‘spreadsheet’ for accounting and exchange
An ancient band of thousands of precisely aligned small pits stretching 1.5 kilometres across the Pisco Valley in Peru has baffled experts for almost a century.
theconversation.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Fascinating to read about drone-mapping and the #BandofHoles accounting and trading system in ancient Peru. I just watched a segment on ABC News Breakfast too. @jbongers.bsky.social theconversation.com/a-centuries-...
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📰 Was Peru's mysterious monument Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes) an ancient marketplace?
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @sydney.edu.au
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🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @sydney.edu.au
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Mysterious holes in the Andes may have been an ancient marketplace, study suggests
New research published in Antiquity by Dr Jacob Bongers at the University of Sydney has uncovered compelling evidence that brings us closer to solving the mystery behind one of the most unique…
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November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
📰 Was Peru's mysterious monument Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes) an ancient marketplace?
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @sydney.edu.au
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @sydney.edu.au
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Why does this ancient Peruvian monument have over 5,000 holes?
YouTube video by SBS News
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November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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#ICYMI Did over 5000 mysterious holes in the Andes function as an ancient marketplace and ‘spreadsheet’ for Inca accounting? @jbongers.bsky.social from Sydney Uni’s Vere Gordon Childe Centre shares insights in New Scientist. #Archaeology #IncaHistory #ResearchImpact Read here: bit.ly/3LwI8gG
Mysterious holes in Andean mountain may be an Inca spreadsheet
Thousands of holes arranged in a snake-like pattern on Monte Sierpe in Peru could have been a monumental accounting device for trade and tax
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November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
#ICYMI Did over 5000 mysterious holes in the Andes function as an ancient marketplace and ‘spreadsheet’ for Inca accounting? @jbongers.bsky.social from Sydney Uni’s Vere Gordon Childe Centre shares insights in New Scientist. #Archaeology #IncaHistory #ResearchImpact Read here: bit.ly/3LwI8gG
More coverage of our exciting research on one of the most unique archaeological sites in the Andes!
📰 'Peru’s mysterious ‘band of holes’ site may have been bustling marketplace'
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Peru’s mysterious ‘band of holes’ site may have been bustling marketplace
New analysis of the 1.5km-long site consisting of thousands of holes suggests they may have been used to measure and trade commodities
www.theartnewspaper.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
More coverage of our exciting research on one of the most unique archaeological sites in the Andes!
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Research by a team led by the University of Sydney's Jacob Boners (Archaeology) has uncovered compelling evidence that brings us closer to solving the mystery behind one of the most unique archaeological sites in the Andes.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
Mysterious holes in the Andes may have been an ancient marketplace, study suggests
New research published in Antiquity by Dr Jacob Bongers at the University of Sydney has uncovered compelling evidence that brings us closer to solving the mystery behind one of the most unique archaeo...
www.sydney.edu.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Research by a team led by the University of Sydney's Jacob Boners (Archaeology) has uncovered compelling evidence that brings us closer to solving the mystery behind one of the most unique archaeological sites in the Andes.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
Thanks for posting this thread on our research, @antiquity.ac.uk!
“Hypotheses regarding Monte Sierpe’s purpose range from defence, storage, and accounting to water collection, fog capture, and gardening”, says lead author of the research @jbongers.bsky.social from @sydney.edu.au. “The function of the site remains unclear.” 4/14
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Thanks for posting this thread on our research, @antiquity.ac.uk!
Lovely coverage of our research!
What was the purpose of the iconic Andean monument of Monte Sierpe (aka Band of Holes)? New research supports a new interpretation: it was a barter marketplace, later developing into a monumental system of accounting under #Inca rule.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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@sydney.edu.au
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
@sydney.edu.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Lovely coverage of our research!
Reposted by Jacob L. Bongers
What was the purpose of the iconic Andean monument of Monte Sierpe (aka Band of Holes)? New research supports a new interpretation: it was a barter marketplace, later developing into a monumental system of accounting under #Inca rule.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
@sydney.edu.au
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
@sydney.edu.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
What was the purpose of the iconic Andean monument of Monte Sierpe (aka Band of Holes)? New research supports a new interpretation: it was a barter marketplace, later developing into a monumental system of accounting under #Inca rule.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
@sydney.edu.au
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
@sydney.edu.au