cuz co agriculture

•Cuzco is in the Andes Mountains, and their agriculture allowed them to create an area that could be fertilized to grow foods.•Created Terrace farming because their land was apart of the mountains. They also didn’t need to pump water because it would just run-off.

Cuzco Agriculture

•Incas were first to plant and produce potatoes.•Corn was used in religious ceremonies.•Quinoa used for cereal, flour, and soup.

http://www.davidsanger.com/stockimages/8-760-659.cuzco

Potatoes, corn, and quinoa

were used to store the dry food so it would keep from spoiling. Which could feed their entire kingdom for a few years, but was kept in case of famine or war.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1222/639932815_8db75f88a9.jpg

Tambos-

Chaquitacllas was a type of tool used for farming.

http://www.tierra-inca.com/album/photos/view.php?lg=es&id=2066

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•They mostly ate fish and vegetables. •Raised llamas and Alpacas for wool and meat.

Other facts:

VIDEOhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e-XJST1Xl4

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Citations:

Humbach, N., Velasco, S. M., Smith, S., & McMinn, J. (2006).¡exprésate!. (2 ed., p. 40). New York: A Harcourt Education Company. Martin, P. (n.d.). The inca empire - terrace farming. Retrieved from http://incas.mrdonn.org/farming.html

Peru Travel Confidential (n.d.). Inca farming. Retrieved from http://www.peru-travel-confidential.com/inca-farming.html

Chaquitaclla. (2005, December 14). Retrieved from http://globosdelosandes.blogspot.com/2005/12/chaquitaclla.html

Peru Travel Confidential (n.d.). Inca agriculture. Retrieved from http://www.peru-travel-confidential.com/inca-agriculture.html

New World Encyclopedia. (2008, April 3). Inca civilization. Retrieved from http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Inca_Civilization