The use of seabird poop as a fertilizer for corn and other food crops supported the expansion of pre-Inca civilizations ...
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Seabird poop may have fueled this pre-Inca kingdom's rise to power in South America
Before the Inca civilization rose to power in what’s now Peru, the Chincha Kingdom reigned as a prosperous society on the country’s southern coast. Now, scientists have discovered that seabird ...
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Centuries-old bird poop helped power a pre-Inca kingdom
In A Nutshell Between 1250 and 1400 CE, Peru’s Chincha Kingdom mastered seabird guano fertilization, enabling agriculture in one of Earth’s driest deserts centuries before the Inca Empire arrived ...
Ancient Peruvians used bird guano to fertilize maize and build a major civilization in the Chincha Valley in Peru.
Workers installing new gas lines outside Lima, Peru uncovered eight mummies and objects dating back to pre-Inca times last week. Like an onion with several layers, the capital region of Peru has ...
Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That's what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre ...
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