Bird Droppings Powered the Rise of this Little-Known Coastal Kingdom, Archaeologists Find New archaeological evidence reveals that seabird guano—nutrient-rich bird droppings—may have the driver of behind the prosperity of the most influential pre‑Incan societies. In ancient Andean cultures, fertilizer was power, said archaeologist Dr. Jacob Bongers, whose findings highlight the unexpectedly powerful role bird droppings played in shaping ancient societies in the Andes. Farming on Peru’s coast is […] The post Bird Droppings Powered the Rise of this Little-Known Coastal Kingdom, Archaeologists Find appeared first on Good News Network.

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Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used Inca bureaucrats recorded all the goings-on in their bustling empire using knotted cords called khipu, where the position and order of the knots represented numbers. They relied on the khipu system to...

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