Agriculture
the Agriculture at the time of the Incas :
The techniques, architecture, instruments, tools, plants :
The Incas as well as some of their predecessors and conteporaries were very good farmers, even if the tools such as chakitakllas, maquitaklla, raucana or cupana seem simple, they were very well adapted to the agricultural works of the time.
The techniques, architecture, instruments, tools, plants :
The Incas as well as some of their predecessors and conteporaries were very good farmers, even if the tools such as chakitakllas, maquitaklla, raucana or cupana seem simple, they were very well adapted to the agricultural works of the time.
Potatoes (over 2800 varieties of native potatoes identified and more tahn 1300 studied.
The maïs by dozens of varieties
Quinoa (several hundreds of varieties)
the Amaranth
tarwi
Maca
The yacon etc
But there are also plants in gardens, orchards, fruit etc with:,
the sachatomates
the caigua
peanuts
The lucuma,
the capuli
Cucumbers,
the calebazas
virraca
Arrach
etc.
Here at Inka Llacta ® within a rectangular Colca the products in conservation are to be seen.
tarwi
Maca
The yacon etc
But there are also plants in gardens, orchards, fruit etc with:,
the sachatomates
the caigua
peanuts
The lucuma,
the capuli
Cucumbers,
the calebazas
virraca
Arrach
etc.
Here at Inka Llacta ® within a rectangular Colca the products in conservation are to be seen.