pre-Incan
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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
The remarkably well-preserved complex, known as Gran Pajaten, is thought to have been built by an advanced pre-Incan civilization almost 1,500 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was built like the pre-Incan architecture in Peru, of enormous monoliths, fitted as closely as mosaics.
From Herland by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
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