INCA
ARTICLES
Researchers Think They've Got the Incas' Numbers
Thomas H. Maugh II August 2005
Los Angeles Times
"Two Harvard University researchers believe they have uncovered the meaning of a group of Incan khipus, cryptic assemblages of string and knots that were used by the South American civilization for record-keeping and perhaps even as a written language."
Global warming played a role in Incas' rise, report says
Thomas H. Maugh II July 2009
Los Angeles Times
"British archaeologists say a rise in temperatures helped fuel the empire, giving access to more cultivable, fertile land, and thus food surpluses that freed the Incas to expand and conquer."
Oldest Observatory in Americas Discovered in Peru
Richard A. Lovett May 2006
National Geographic
"The oldest astronomical observatory in the Western Hemisphere has been discovered on a hillside a few miles north of Lima, Peru, archaeologists recently reported."
"Researchers also found ornate carvings more sophisticated than any before seen in the region."
