4)Industrial+and+Artistic+Technology




 * 1) The Inca had full-time specialists who designed buildings and other projects **

◘ moved stones weighing several tons on rollers and ramps (no wheel and horse) ◘ were fitted so well together that no mortar was needed ◘ even today we can’t fit a knife in between them ( Hinds, Kathryn, page 31) ◘ built with rock like limestone and granite ◘ however sometimes the Incas had to walk several kilometers to get the supplies ([])
 * 2) Stone Work: **



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◘ produced wool cloth of many kinds from llama, alpaca and even hair (wool) of bats ◘ spinning and weaving was done by women on three different kinds of looms – belt, horizontal and vertical ◘ specialists wove the finest cloth for royalty, to which feathers and beaten medals were added ◘ pottery was fine-grained and almost metallic in hardness ◘ gold, silver and tumbago (alloy of copper and gold) were used for luxury gold’s used by nobles and priests in religious ceremonies ◘ copper was the most widely used metal (http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0213440-00) ◘ plates water jars and everyday objects were made of gold or silver for the //Sapa Inca// ◘ wove wool and cotton into intricate geometric patterns ◘ small clay objects could be decorated with animal form ◘ created few standardized forms, chiefly llamas and human figures, in stone and metal (http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/nativeamericans/incaempire3f.htm) ◘ clothing was made very simple for both nobles and commoners: rectangular piece of cloth was folded in half, a slit was cut in the center for the wearer's head ( Hinds, Kathryn, page 26)
 * 3) Factories: **

4) Inca Buildings: ** ◘ generally had rectangular buildings, with sloping walls near the ends ◘ had thatched roofs covering a framework ◘ doors and windows, in the shape of a trapazoid ◘ most elagent doorways - 'double jamb doorways', indicated a high status site. ◘ stairways - like streets linked the different towns, had small stones shaped and set in a row or the inca carved their stairs into living bedrock ([])



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