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Cacao, (Precolumbian-Guatemala, Maya. Ca-cao-god)

Potato Peanut Squash

Maize,Yale Peabody Museum, Moche jar, Peru 500 CE. M. Eu-banks ©1997

Maize, Duke University Museum of Art, Moche stirrup-spout jar, Peru 500 CE. M. Eubanks ©1977

Maize, Amano Museum, Lima, Moche jar, N. Coast Peru 500 CE. M. Eubanks ©1977

Maize, Tulane University, Middle American Research Institute. Oaxaca, Mexico 500 CE.

Maize, Duke University Museum of Art, Peruvian 500 CE. M. Eu-banks ©1977

Images of Precolumbian AmericaCrops

Inca sheet gold 1200 CE. Courtesy Paul Clifford

Maize

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Maize, note resembleance to present day Mexican Indian (right).

Guernavaca, Mexico 1965

Pyramid, Mexico Pyramid, Mexico

Pyramid, Mexico

Pyramid, Mexico Pyramid, Mexico

Aztec

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Maya

Mayan storage, Yucatan Mayan home, Yucatan

Mayan Calendar

Ball court, Chichen Itza Ball court, Chichen Itza

Mayan Warrior, Guatemala city

Chultunes, underground storage, Merida Museum

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The Observatory

Site of human sacrifi ces.

Mayan sites in YucatanChichen Itza

Tulum

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Mayan sites in YucatanUxmal

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Agave, Kabal

Pyramidal Arbour, Source: Crisp CLXX

Yum Kax, Mayan Maize godSeeding maize with a dig-ging stick.

Sisal yucatan

Maya

Great stone head of Olmec culture (800 BCE). Source: von Hagen p. 49.

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Tambomachey’s bath

Sacsahuaman RuinsSacsahuaman Ruins

Terraces near Cuzco

Inca walls.

Cuzco, Peru

Near CuzcoInca foundations.

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Terraces Terraces

Bird’s eye view Terraces

Pisak, Peru

Pisak, Peru

Pisak, market town

Macchu Picchu(lost city of the Incas)

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Sacrifi cial stone

Macchu Picchu