FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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tightly fitted stones with no mortar.
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include a mixture of adobe and wood.
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have been constructed by enslaved war captives.
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rejected the use of human sacrifice.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Inca built their cities with locally available materials, usually including limestone or granite. To cut these hard rocks the Inca used stone, bronze or copper tools, usually splitting the stones along natural fracture lines.
Detailed explanation-2: -Stone was the material of choice and was finely worked to produce a precise arrangement of interlocking blocks in the finest buildings. The stone was of three types: Yucay limestone, green Sacsayhuaman diorite porphyry, and black andesite.
Detailed explanation-3: -The political structure of the Incas was complex and tightly controlled. The Emperor was the supreme ruler of the state. The empire was divided into four quarters known as the four Suyus. Hence the Incas called their empire Tahuantinsuyu, which means ‘land of the four quarters’.
Detailed explanation-4: -Through the dry fitted masonry techniques of caninacukpirca, the Incas shaped their stone to conceal natural outcrops, fit tight crevices, and ultimately incorporate the landscape into their infrastructure. The Inca also used natural bedrock as their structural foundations (to help keep the buildings stable).