Source: WTL photo taken in Cuzco, Perú.
Comments: Here is one of the famous and much-photographed narrow streets in the historical center of Cuzco: Calle (street) Hatum Rumiyoc. The architecture on the right is a perfect example of the two-layered architecture in mestizo Perú: the stones on the bottom are from the pre-Conquest Incan Empire. The construction on the top is Spanish colonial style. An anthropologist was was accompanying the photographer when he stopped to take this photo told him that, according to Incan tradition, these stones were like recording devices ( ~ present-day computer chips?) that recorded the conversations of everyone who ever passed by them. Incas thought that, by stilling one's soul and paying very close attention, one could hear the recorded voices speaking.
Question: What do you make of this tradition?

Note: One of the large stones in this foundation wall is the famous one with twelve angles. Remember that the Incas cut these stones only by cracking them with steam water pressure: