Pre-Columbian engineering in the Americas
- Pre-Columbian engineering in the Americas
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Engineering in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus was advanced in agriculture, hydrology, irrigation systems, transportation, mechanical engineering, civil engineering and astronomy. Examples of pre-Columbian engineering from different indigenous civilizations can be found across North and South America.
North America
*Pueblo Structures
*Hohokam Canals
*Chaco Canyon
*Tenochitlan Flood Gates
*Tenochitlan foundations
*Teotihuacan
*Mayan Blue paint - Studied by National Geographic due to its amazing ability to not fade.
South America
*Inca Roads
*Great Wall of Peru
*Nazca Lines
*Machu Picchu
*Chavin/Inca canals
*Inca knot language
*Maize genetic engineering
*Stone transportation
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