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Our group consists of Jomel, Emerson, and Darien. We have chosen the Inca Culture for our project. We are researching on there agriculture, government, and religion. The reason we had chosen Inca society because they were highly advanced on their laws and how they would work on their agriculture. It isn’t the same as the Aztec for they were way more advanced on their technology and their knowledge of society. Yet Incas still had common knowledge of their work ethics and their society, almost as close as the normal Darwinism of society today.

Agriculture

(Everyday Life of The Incas. Author: Ann Kendall.)

Agriculture was huge for the Inca culture. They would work hard every day to harvest food for the whole population. They also had the knowledge to make different types of food and medicinal values out of plants and fruits. They had many different techniques to planting soil, plants, and harvesting, they had known the importance of climate and temperature to keep plants from going bad. Incas soon after found the importance of fertilizing their crops to keep their food clean and alive. Plants and fruits were eaten throughout the culture but they also hunted for fish and birds, but in some provinces killing a bird would be punishable by death. The knowledge of construction was strong with the Inca society they had made rivers that would help them water there plants by making slopes to collect water. (Kendall, 143) They had a great achievement in agriculture it was the guarantee to permanent and sustainable food supply for their society. To achieve this, the Inca government ordered that all food must be dried before being stored to make sure it wouldn't rot so it would be preserved. An important method for agriculture for the Incas was the “andenes”. It’s when artificial terrace were made on hillsides with a 40- 50 degree inclination. ([]) They help keep their collected food safe and sanitized. Incas would always test out different plants for their medicine. A lot of Incas methods of agriculture are used today. Incas were and still are the most advanced ancient tribe that really worked on their agriculture.

The period when Inca’s agriculture was still alive it was one of the biggest in the world. Inca’s were amazing in agriculture they would think of many ways to keep their food supply sanitized and of the plenty. To make sure that the preserved their food they dried them then added salt to make sure that the moisture is absorbed. ([] ) Another way of preserving food is cooking it then drying it (this is used more for corn) also for meat they would cook it then wait till it dries out to the right texture like cardboard or leather then stores it and to cook it they would cook it in mud ovens. The laws and religions were still a large part of the culture but they knew that without their agriculture they could not support the whole tribe. Incas were not supposed to hunt on the Inca emperors land without his permission or of the governor. (Kendall, 155) An example of their experimented methods they would make small gaps in valleys to help watering the crops. (Kendall, 153) Recent studies say that Incas had ceremonies or rituals for their crops they also had fasting and sacrifices, these things were said to pursued the forces of nature to help the crops. Works Cited "Inca Agriculture." Peru Travel Confidential. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2011. . "Inca Agriculture." The Incas Civilization. Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Inca Trail, Nazca lines, Peru.. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2011. . "The Inca Agricultural Terraces: The "Andinas", Stepped Agricultural Techniques Used in Peru." Machu Picchu & the Sacred Valley of the Incas! Explore, Discover, Travel, Learn!. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2011. . "The Inca Empire (Tahuantinsuyo): History, Culture, Events." Machu Picchu & the Sacred Valley of the Incas! Explore, Discover, Travel, Learn!. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2011. .

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