Inca Handout feb 15

  1. Capac Nan
    Inca Roads
  2. how many miles of Inca roads
    25,000 + miles or roads
  3. chaskis
    runner, messenger
  4. messenger
    chaskis
  5. tampus
    tambos, way stations
  6. way stations
    tampus
  7. mit'a
    labor tax
  8. labor tax
    mit'a
  9. Huanuco Pampa geography
    • 12,150 ft
    • puna
    • high barren plateau
    • a "new cuzco"
    • major admin center on Campac Nan
    • built by topa-inka
    • 1475
  10. architecture of huanuco pampa
    • 4000+ structures
    • 2 sq. km largest undamaged inca ruin
    • town has hanan and hurin
    • plaza
    • usnu platforms
    • kallankas along east side of plaza
    • royal quarters and sun temple on east
    • acclahuasi on north
    • qollqa storhouses on south hill sides
  11. archipelago/verticality system
    self-sufficieny by reciprocity across altitudes
  12. where were llamas and alpacas
    highest elevations
  13. where were potatoes
    high elevations
  14. where was maize
    below 3000 m
  15. where were fruits, herbs, pepper, coca
    warmer lands, easter flanks of mountains, and jungle
  16. where were fish
    lakes, streams, ocean
Author
green29dive5
ID
69671
Card Set
Inca Handout feb 15
Description
inca handout feb 15
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