Sea with cliff covered in a while material (bird guano), with birds flying around.
The #ChinchaKingdom was an ancient community that flourished in southern #Peru. Farmers produced high yields of maize. Scientists said the farmers were able to get those high yields because they used bird guano (bird droppings) as fertilizer. 🐦🌽
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📸 Jo Osborn/ Univ. of Sydney.
Did Seabird Guano Shape The Expansion Of Peru’s Pre-Inca Society?
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#ChinchaKingdom #PreIncaSocieties #Seabirds #birds🦉 #Guano #Maize #Ecology #Archaeology #Anthropology
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Seabird Poop May Have Fueled This Pre-Inca Kingdom's Rise to Power in South America: The Chincha Kingdom used nutrient-rich seabird guano as fertilizer for maize, according to a new study @SmithsonianMag #SeabirdGuano #IncaHistory #ChinchaKingdom #SouthAmerica #AncientCivilizations
Did seabird poop fuel rise of Chincha in Peru? https://arstechni.ca #ChinchaKingdom #archaelogy #Science #Ecology #guano
Peru's 5,200 mystery holes solved: ancient marketplace turned Inca accounting system.
Drone mapping reveals patterns matching khipu tribute devices.
#BandOfHoles #MonteSierpe #Peru #IncaEmpire #ChinchaKingdom #PiscoValley #KhipuSystem #TheLolgic #SouthAmerica
