Astronomy and the Inca Observing the Heavens for Timekeeping and Rituals

... the Inca Empire, where they are conserved at the Museo Machu Picchu. ... Arts & Humanities International Science & Technology · Arts ... New radiocarbon dates indicate that Inca metallurgical activities in Copiapó valley co-opted a previous local site and technology. However, the Incas did not ... • F5.4: Science and Technology in Local Challenges, including science and engineering work ... European engineers did not build this type of bridge for another ... The Incas are also noted for getting information across the empire very quickly. One of the ways they did this was through a remarkable ... The Incas, who once ruled a domain as large as the Roman Empire, are known for their extensive silver mining. But they weren't the earliest silver miners in ... According to Japanese tradition, however, this method is believed ti have been passed down as the secert medhod employed by the methalsmith "Goto Shirobei-Ke" ... As fishermen, Incas and Aztecs employed a variety of techniques including angling, nets and harpoons. The bag-shaped nets of the Aztecs, woven from agave fibers ... A new study used ancient DNA to find out for the first time where workers buried at Machu Picchu more than 500 years ago came from within the lost Inca Empire. The Inca didn't have a written language. Instead, they used knotted cords called quipu (KEE-poo) to keep records. Experts think that things like the style of ... Inca technology and architecture were highly developed, although not strikingly original. Their irrigation systems, palaces, temples, and ...