Pre-Inca people stomped salutes to their thunder god on a special dance floor
The find provides a rare glimpse into the role played by sound and dance in ancient societies
![A photo of an excavated section of a platform at a pre-Inca site in Peru.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/081823_bb_stomp_feat.jpg.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
An excavated section of a platform (pictured) at a pre-Inca site in Peru provided clues to how this surface may have amplified the sounds of stomping dancers, probably as they ritually honored their thunder god.
PIACI/ORP project