The Inca...... Inca technology and architecture were highly developed. Their irrigation systems, palaces, temples, and fortifications can still be seen throughout the Andes. Their economy was based on agriculture, its staples being corn (maize), white and sweet potatoes, squash, tomatoes, peanuts (groundnuts), chili peppers, coca, cassava, and cotton. They raised guinea pigs, ducks, llamas, alpacas, and dogs. Clothing was made of llama wool and cotton. Houses were made of stone or adobe mud. Inca farms were high in the mountains, sometimes over 12,000 feet high. In order to make the best use of all available land, the Inca practiced terrace farming in the high mountains. Because of the varied altitudes that the Inca inhabited, they became expert at using temperature and humidity as a food preservative, (they invented “Jerk” meat). The Inca built a vast network of roads throughout their empire.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:48:12 +0000
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