Moray, Cuzco
Moray is an experimental Incan seedbed of staggering
complexity.
It features three sets of circular terraces, each calibrated
to a different temperature, many of which contain rocks and
soils specifically transported to the site so the
Incans could study how the seeds were affected by these
minute changes.
Its series of terraces, which can be easily scaled with the
use of built-in stairs, are one of the greatest agricultural
wonders of the ancient world. But for years insufficient
research and hasty conclusions have clouded the site with
misconceptions.
The study of Incan culture has been plagued for years by
people who consider their famous stonework and mountaintop ruins
too advanced for a Pre-Columbian culture.
Source:
Indiana Daily Student Indiana Daily Student by Julianne Clifton, Sep 24, 2009.
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Stereographic projection of Moray.
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