Ancient Inca Indians
The common Inca greeting was "!Ama Sua, Ama Kjella, Ama Lllulla!" (anonymous). This greeting means "Don't lie, don't cheat, don't be lazy!" This sounds like pretty good advice. The Inca civilization extended along the western coast of South America beside the Andes Mountains. The ancient ruins of their cities are beginning to reveal themselves to us. In this paper, I intend to describe the lifestyle of the Inca Indians.
The civilization of the Incas is quite interesting. Planting crops was an important task because it was their only source of food. When it was time to plant crops, the Incas used a taclla (wooden spade) which is also known as the "foot plow." If there was no rain for the crops, The Indians dressed in mourning clothes and wept while walking through their villages (Beck, 39-40).
About half of the Inca population did not wear clothing. The clothing of the ones who did barely covered half of their bodies (Cobo, 26). The male wore loincloths or......
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