Smithsonian Magazine on MSN
Seabird poop may have fueled this pre-Inca kingdom's rise to power in South America
Before the Inca civilization rose to power in what’s now Peru, the Chincha Kingdom reigned as a prosperous society on the country’s southern coast. Now, scientists have discovered that seabird ...
Study Finds on MSN
Centuries-old bird poop helped power a pre-Inca kingdom
In A Nutshell Between 1250 and 1400 CE, Peru’s Chincha Kingdom mastered seabird guano fertilization, enabling agriculture in ...
In new research, biochemical analyses align with imagery and historical sources to show how the pre-Inca Chincha society ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results