The Inca Empire practiced a form of Communism, prioritizing collective survival and state-mandated labor without money or ...
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A Lock of Braided Human Hair Could Change How We Think About Inca Society and Record-Keeping
A single lock of 500-year-old hair could upend what researchers have long thought about class and literacy in the Inca Empire, according to a new study. Spanning across western South America, the Inca ...
SANTA CRUZ — A recently published study, co-authored by UC Santa Cruz Anthropology Professor Lars Fehren-Schmitz, analyzing the 500 year-old DNA of those buried near Peru’s iconic Incan citadel Machu ...
Inca society kept records by encoding information into knotted cords called khipu. A new analysis of hair woven into these cords suggests this... A lock of hair may have just changed what we know ...
A study of Inca skeletons reveals how ancient communities cared for those affected by disabilities and chronic illnesses in the Inca period.
The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known for many innovations — such as the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network, and a system ...
A cotton and agave fiber Inca khipu is seen at an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski | AFP via Getty Images) The Inca ...
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