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I'm not an experienced editor (as in have none at all), but there are several factual errors here. I was just at Sillustani a month ago so it's mostly fresh in my mind.
The openings all face WEST not east. I tookthis picture in the mid-afternoon. The sun is SSW and you can see by the shadow it is in fact to the west.
Only one chullpa has a lizard on it. Another has a snake. A different explanation of some sort of family iconography was given by our local guide (and at the museum next door).
There arepre-Incan chullpas with very rough stones and post-Incan towers with smooth stones (as pictured). It's strange to compare the stonework to Incan as the specific chullpas they are referring to are "Incan" (or under Incan rule). In fact, you can see from the picture on the page that the stone work is substantially inferior to other Incan work such as at Qorikancha where the stones are perfectly mated all the way through (and "rectangular" in shape too though all are actually trapezoidal for seismic stability). It's pretty clear that the smooth walled towers are very heavily influenced and almost certainly made using Incan techniques.
