TECHNOLOGY
Inca Technology The Inca had many technologies, including Stone Cutting (which they were very good at), Agriculture, Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, Hydraulics, Architecture, Record-keeping and Military Tactics . They recorded their special events on Quipus. They had a major road system of over 16,000 miles. They also had bridges to cross over rivers, and Aqueducts to bring fresh water to them. Stonewalls Dry stone is a building method by which structures are constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together. Dry stone structures are stable because of their unique construction method, which is characterized by the presence of a load-bearing façade of carefully selected interlocking stones. Quipus Most information recorded on the quipus consists of numbers in a decimal system. The Quipucamayocs were trained to read and make quipus. Quipus helped them keep track of populations, troops, and tribute. Agriculture The Incan civilization was predominantly an agricultural society. The Incas took advantage of the soil, overcoming the adversities of the Andean terrain and weather. The adaptation of agricultural technologies that had been used previously allowed the Incas to organize production of a diverse range of crops from the coast, mountains, and jungle regions, which they were then able to redistribute to villages that did not have access to the other regions. These technological achievements in agriculture would not have been possible without the workforce that was at the disposal of the Sapa Inca, as well as the road system that allowed them to harvested crops and to distribute them throughout their territory. These practices were so effective that many experts believe that if they were readopted today, they would solve the nutritional problems of Andean people for many decades. Calendar Inca calendrics were strongly tied to astronomy. Inca astronomers understood equinoxes, solstices. They could not, however, predict eclipses.The Inca calendar was essentially lunisolar, as two calendars were maintained in parallel, one solar and one lunar. Time during a given day was not reckoned in hours or minutes, but rather in terms of how far the sun had traveled or in how long it takes to perform a task. Inca Weapons The Inca had different groups of weapons for the different war groups. They split the armies into groups, because before the warriors just had random weapons they didn't know how to use, so they made groups to train each warrior to handle a specific weapon. The Inca slingshot warriors didn't just use slingshots, they also used weapons called Boleadoras. |