Exploring the Advanced Science and Technology of the Inca Civilization

Students use computer graphic technologies to bring historic sites to life as part of a summer research program and fall semester course ... A quipu is a device used to keep Inca records. This is supported by historical evidence that suggests quipus were used by the Inca civilization ... The Inca had many technologies, including Stone Cutting (which they were very good at), Agriculture, Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, Hydraulics, Architecture ... This is a modern representation of what a Neanderthal toolmaker might have looked like at work. People of the Stone Age did not have the luxury of turning ... The Incas were pioneers in agricultural technology, developing innovative techniques such as terracing, irrigation systems, and crop rotation. Considering what the Inca were able to do without the wheel, it's staggering to wonder what they may have accomplished with it. In lieu of the wheel, the Inca ... Like our Indo-Arabic numeral system, Inca quipu use a base-ten decimal system. The knots have different positions on the string, which represent ... 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" ... Inca Technology The Inca had many technologies, including Stone Cutting (which they were very good at), Agriculture, Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, ... This work has revolutionized our view of the Inca empire and has provided a comparative database for understanding the nature of imperial expansion in ...