pre-Incan
Americanadjective
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It also contained various other relics – including metal weapons – belonging to the pre-Incan Chimu civilisation, a culture that flourished on the northern coast of Peru between 900 and 1470 AD.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Wright invited Mr. Gesner to study with him at Taliesin, but Mr. Gesner boarded a freighter instead and headed to Ecuador, where he excavated pre-Incan artifacts.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
A pre-Incan mummy has been discovered in Peru that could be up to 1,200 years old.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2021
Its name means equator in Spanish; Quito means “center of the world” in a pre-Incan language.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2011
It was built like the pre-Incan architecture in Peru, of enormous monoliths, fitted as closely as mosaics.
From Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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