pre-Incan
Americanadjective
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A pre-Incan mummy has been discovered in Peru that could be up to 1,200 years old.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2021
First century pre-Incan pottery from Ecuador and Peru carried images of the terrible skin lesions and facial deformities that are typical of the cutaneous form of the disease.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2014
Its name means equator in Spanish; Quito means “center of the world” in a pre-Incan language.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2011
Raft used by Thor Heyerdahl to support his theory that pre-Incan peoples reached South Pacific islands by sea 18.
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 Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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