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Inca Terraces in Cusco, Peru (lemmy.world)

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[–] Vraylle@fedia.io 10 points 2 months ago

Oh right. The terraces. The terraces for Cusco. The terraces built specifically to decorate Cusco. Cusco's terraces. Those terraces?

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If memory serves those could produce quite a bit of agriculture products.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a great way to get airable land

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

One of the things that fascinates me about pre-contact Americas are the farming techniques. Mesoamerica had chinampas (in the lakes) and South America (the mountainous area at least) had terraces.