The Inca's Advanced Astronomical Knowledge and Its Influence on Society

• 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 Machu Picchu discoveries, which include parts of a water system that ran through the area, are yielding new insights into Inca civilization ... Board on Science and Technology for International Development. Author. Lost ... This book has been the starting ground for many a graduate students' research. The Mesoamerican civilizations were pioneers in biotechnology, having selectively bred a super-crop —corn— out of a species of local grass. The Inca, however, didn't have a lot of basic technologies we often consider important to advanced societies. They didn't use the wheel for transport. They didn ... The Inca left ample evidence of the other attributes: monumental architecture, technology, urbanization and political and social structures to ... New radiocarbon dates indicate that Inca metallurgical activities in Copiapó valley co-opted a previous local site and technology. However, the Incas did not ... The Incas built a vast empire without the wheel, powerful draft animals, iron working, currency or a writing system. The Incas may not have bequeathed any written records, but they did have colourful knotted cords. Each of these devices was called a khipu ( ... 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 ...