The specialties in research department cover complex studies in history, philosophy, mythology, archaeology, anthropology, archaeoastronomy, paleocartography and ancient architecture among the main ones.

Anselm Pi Rambla & Prof. Dr. Sergi Grau
Research line: geopolymers in Cusco
Trevor Hawke leads the study of the hypothesis that part of the megalithic masonry of Cusco (Koricancha, Saqsaywaman, Inca Roca and Sapantiana) may have been formed as artificial stone, a geopolymer cast in situ, rather than carved. It is the hypothesis of ancient geopolymers developed by Joseph Davidovits, and we test it against the model of precision carving.
* Next steps: sampling authorised and supervised by Peru's Ministry of Culture; X-ray diffraction and thin-section petrography; comparison with the andesite of the Rumiqolqa and Huaccoto quarries; and analysis in an independent laboratory.