Mountain deities were seen as lords of the forces of nature who presided over crops and livestock. In essence they were the protectors of the Inca people, the keepers of life who reached up toward ...
The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and ... manure that dropped on the fields would increase the production of crops such as potatoes and other Andean crops. And for all these reasons ...
The Inca transformed agriculture in the Andes, using dramatic terraces like these at Moray to grow warm-weather crops in a cold-weather climate. The Inca Empire encompassed mountains, forests ...