He concluded that their average height was 1.62 meters for men and 1.53 meters for women.
A specific type of quipu, a group of colored woolen threads punctuated by knots, may be the first evidence that there was tax collection in the old Inca Empire, made up of the people who dominated a part of the Pacific coast and the Andes Mountains between the 12th and 16th centuries (South American Antiquity, March). Archaeologist Alejandro Chu, from the Facultad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, in Peru, and anthropologist Gary Urton, from Harvard Faculty, in the USA, studied some 30 khipus found in a peculiar context at Inkawasi, an archaeological site located in the southern Peru. , used to store agricultural models: the ropes were buried under the stocks of pepper, peanuts and black beans. According to scholars, the ropes and knots were woven to register a higher value, interpreted as the total production saved, and a lower fixed value, similar to the tribute to be paid by the farmer. surely a third value was also codified which, added to the tax, gave a corner to the total saved. Chu and Urton do not rule out the hypothesis that the fixed value encoded in the quipus manages to reflect the total number of seeds saved to be planted in the next season. However, for now they say that the number seems to be the value of the tribute.
waqrapukara
Waqrapukara is so unrecognizable that it is not yet known if it was a fortress, a sanctuary or an astronomical observatory. This monument is 4,300 meters above sea level in the Apurimac Canyon, south of the Cusco region. Its landscape is overwhelming, as it is covered with incredible platforms, squares and a huge monolith that dominates the Andean landscape. In contrast to other sites with a multitude of visitors, in Waqrapukara you can camp in the surrounding area, an exceptional opportunity to enjoy the night sky in this magical corner.