PUMA PUNKU, TIWANAKU, AND INCA IMPERIAL ARCHITECTURE: Metrological Analysis, Quantogram Identification, and Euclidean Derivation of a Canonical Module
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Authors
- Boris Starčević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-2772)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22751148
- Primary Topic
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Type
- preprint