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Despite there being few surviving aesthetic treatises from the period, there are a variety of ways in which one can discern the Ancient American standard of beauty. Objects were valued for not only their visual qualities but also tactile and aural as well as their associations with the divine and the human body. While the objects were strongly tied to the identity of the individuals who possessed them, the labor-intensivity of artistic production was equally reflective of the larger societies.

It is speculated that the stones were swung into place using friction to create perfectly convex and concave sides. Visible marks of facture like stone bosses were made using rope; these elements demonstrated the artistic value of labor and the power of Inca rule.