Comment les excréments d’oiseaux ont alimenté l’essor du puissant royaume chincha au Pérou Le royaume chincha tirait sa puissance d’une ressource inattendue : le guano d’oiseaux marins. Une nouvelle étude montre comment cet engrais naturel a transformé l’agriculture et renforcé son influenc...

Une étude montre que le guano d’oiseaux a été un facteur clé dans l’agriculture et l’essor économique du royaume chincha au Pérou préhispanique. #Histoire #Pérou #Chincha

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How bird poo fuelled the rise of Peru’s powerful Chincha Kingdom In new research, biochemical analyses align with imagery and historical sources to show how the pre-Inca Chincha society turned guano into a source of power.

Time for #chincha #guano kingdom

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[7/8] Vers 1400, les #Incas intègrent #Chincha après une capitulation qualifiée de pacifique. L’État inca valorise le #guano au point d’en réglementer l’accès et d’interdire la chasse aux oiseaux sous peine de mort, signe de son importance stratégique.

[2/8] Le royaume de #Chincha, estimé à 100.000 habitants, contrôlait une vallée irriguée de la côte désertique sud du #Pérou. À 25 km au large, les îles Chincha concentrent les plus grands dépôts de #guano du Pacifique, accumulés sur plusieurs mètres grâce au climat aride.

How bird poo fuelled the rise of Peru’s powerful Chincha Kingdom In new research, biochemical analyses align with imagery and historical sources to show how the pre-Inca Chincha society turned guano into a source of power.

[1/8] Trois chercheurs en archéologie et anthropologie montrent que le guano d’oiseaux marins a soutenu l’essor du royaume de #Chincha au #Pérou entre 1000 et 1400. Leur étude éclaire un pouvoir fondé sur une ressource écologique stratégique. #history #environmentalhistory #agriculture #guano #Andes

Did seabird poop fuel rise of Chincha in Peru? Guano dramatically boosted the production of maize, and the surplus helped fuel the Chincha Kingdom’s economy.

Did seabird poop fuel rise of Chincha in Peru? #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #Seabirds #Chincha #Peru

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Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe (‘Band of Holes’) in the Pisco Valley, Peru | Antiquity | Cambridge Core Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe (‘Band of Holes’) in the Pisco Valley, Peru

Monte Sierpe functioned as a barter marketplace for the powerful #Chincha Kingdom and later as an accounting device for tribute collection under the #Inca state. This research offers clear archaeological evidence to confront pseudo-archaeological narratives surrounding this important heritage site

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Infographic presenting bullet points about Monte Sierpe's Band of Holes as an indigenous accounting and exchange system (see post for details).

MYSTERY SOLVED: 5,200 Holes in the Desert Were an Ancient Accounting System! 🇵🇪

#AndeanArchaeology #MonteSierpe #IndigenousKnowledge #LiDAR #AccountingSystems #Inca #Chincha #Peru #PiscoValley

Seimila buchi nella valle del Pisco: nuova luce sul più misterioso dei monumenti precolombiani - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri Costituisce un ambito studiato in sociologia, il modo in cui i parlanti di un determinato sistema di comunicazione possono essere influenzati da quest’ultimo nell’elaborazione dei propri processi di r...

Seimila buchi nella valle del Pisco: nuova luce sul più misterioso dei monumenti precolombiani
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#buchi #collina #montagna #geoglifo #costruzione #ipotesi #teorie #archeologia #civiltà #chincha #incas #studio #ricerca #mercati #commercio #siti #puntidiriferimento

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the centuries-old 5,200 mystery holes in the Peruvian Andes Drone footage and on-the-ground excavations high in the Andes are revealing what the Chincha Kingdom and Inca Empire may have used these holes for centuries ago.

Time for #Chincha #barter #market

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New research led by Dr. Jo Osborn, published in the International Journal of Historical Archaeology, challenges how we view mortuary practices in colonial Peru.
#AndeanArchaeology #ColonialPeru #Chincha
#Cuyaspa #Uyway #HistoricalArchaeology

Meaning of #chincha CHINCHA:CONTRARIEDAD, NUISANCE, ANNOYANCE... chincha

Significado de #chincha chincha: contrariedad, fastidio, molestia. .. chincha

Significado de #chincha Chincha: aborrecimento, incômodo, aborrecimento... chincha

Meaning of #chincha Chincha : Ecuadorian name of a species of guadua... chincha

Meaning of #chincha In Peru is the name of a Province and a Valley, in the Region of Ica. In Ecuador it means guadua or guafa. Elsewhere it is also called reed or tacuara. It is a gram in the family Poaceae (it is similar to bamboo)... chincha

Significado de #chincha Chincha: Nombre ecuatoriano de una especie de guadúa... chincha

Significado de #chincha En el Perú es el nombre de una Provincia y de un Valle, en la Región de Ica. En Ecuador quiere decir guadua o guafa. En otras partes también es denominada cañaza o tacuara. Es una gramínea de la familia Poaceae (es parecida al bambú)... chincha

Significado de #chincha Chincha: nome equatoriano de uma espécie de guadua... chincha

Significado de #chincha No Peru é o nome de uma província e um vale, na região de Ica. No Equador significa guadua ou guafa. Em outro lugar, também é chamado de Reed ou Tacuara. É um grama na família Poaceae (é semelhante ao bambu)... chincha

Meaning of #chincha chincha-refers to a type of mite, similar to flea that produces an unbearable itching and ulcers in the feet of people who come into contact with it--.. chincha

Significado de #chincha chincha-refere-se a um tipo de ácaro, semelhante a pulga que produz uma coceira insuportável e úlceras nos pés de pessoas que entram em contato com ele -.. chincha

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@BongersJacob et al., Assembling the dead: human vertebrae-on-posts in the #Chincha Valley, #Peru, @AntiquityJ 2022 (First View)....

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Complex #MortuaryRitual or response to #colonial #GraveLooting? - #Peru's #Indigenous #Chincha apparently 're-assembled' previously buried bodies.

A reaction to 16th century European #colonisers #looting and #disturbing those...