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Inca architecture
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The Maya's Tzolk'in calendar is based on a 260-day cycle, reflecting human gestation rather than celestial cycles.
Barnhart argues against the idea of a single lost civilization seeding others, advocating for independent development.
The Inca may have used hydrofluoric acid in their architecture, a theory Barnhart plans to investigate further.
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