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Counting and Arithmetic of the Inca [PDF]

Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática, 2012
The Inca Empire - the greatest pre-Columbian empire on the American continent - extended from Ecuador to central Chile for more than five thousand miles. Its capital was Cuzco established in the high Peruvian Andes.
Ximena Catepillán, Waclaw Szymanski
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Rethinking imperial infrastructure: A bottom-up perspective on the Inca Road [PDF]

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2016
Abstract The Inca road has been the iconic example of imperial infrastructure in the prehispanic Andes. However, scholarly attention to its role in expanding and consolidating the Inca domain has overshadowed analysis of how locals may have appropriated the Inca road for their own private benefit. Based on a full-coverage survey and excavations, this
Francisco Garrido
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High‐resolution nowcasting and its application in road maintenance: experiences from the INCA Central European area project

IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 2015
The improvement of risk management standards within the field of road safety has been one of the central goals of the EU funded project INCA (Integrated Nowcasting Through Comprehensive Analysis) Central Europe – Integrated Nowcasting system for the Central European area.
Alexander Kann, Rok Kršmanc, Richard Habrovský, Alenka Šajn Slak, Rastislav Bujňák, Franziska Schmid, Viktor Tarjáni, Yong Wang, Clemens Wastl, Benedikt Bica, Ingo Meirold‐Mautner   +10 more
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Pinguicula rosmarieae Casper, Bussmann & T.Henning (Lentibulariaceae), a new butterwort from the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone (northern Peru) [PDF]

, 2020
The insectivorous genus Pinguicula occurs along the whole Andean mountain chain from Colombia-Venezuela in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south with a short interruption in the Peruvian-Chilean desert range.
Bussmann, Rainer W., Casper, S. Jost, Henning, Tilo   +2 more
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Bordos and Boundaries: Sustainable Agriculture in the High Altitude Deserts of Northwest Argentina, AD 850-1532 [PDF]

, 2014
Bordos were essential for the long-term sustainability of agriculture in the high altitude desert of Antofagasta de la Sierra in Northwest Argentina during the Late (AD 850 – 1480) and Inca Period (AD 1480 – 1532).
Lane, Kevin John, Salminci, Pedro Miguel, Tchilinguirian, Pablo   +2 more
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Results from the Supernova Photometric Classification Challenge [PDF]

, 2010
We report results from the Supernova Photometric Classification Challenge (SNPCC), a publicly released mix of simulated supernovae (SNe), with types (Ia, Ibc, and II) selected in proportion to their expected rate.
Alex Conley, Alexandre Glazov, Ashish Mahabal, Bruce Bassett, Cappellaro E., David Parkinson, Donald P. Schneider, Dovi Poznanski, Heather Campbell, Hubert Lampeitl, James Newling, Joseph W. Richards, Joshua A. Frieman, LSST Science Collaborations, Martin Kunz, Masao Sako, Mathew Smith, Maximilian Stritzinger, Melvin Varughese, Ninan Sajeeth Philip, Pavel Belov, Philip N., Renée Hlozek, Richard Kessler, Robert C. Nichol, Santiago González-Gaitán, Saurabh Jha, Stephen Kuhlmann, Steven A. Rodney, Vasudha Bhatnagar   +29 more
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Synthesis and antibacterial effects of cobalt–cellulose magnetic nanocomposites [PDF]

, 2017
© The Royal Society of Chemistry. Green synthesis is employed to prepare cobalt/cellulose nanocomposites with cubic (α-cobalt) cobalt as a main component with antibacterial and magnetic properties. An in situ reduction of aqueous solutions of cobalt ions
Alahmadi, N. S., Betts, J. W., Cheng, F., Francesconi, M. G., Francesconi, M. Grazia, Kelly, S. M., Kelly, S.M., Kornherr, A., Kornherr, Andreas, Prior, T. J., Prior, Timothy, Wadhawan, J. D., Wadhawan, Jay   +12 more
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Revisiting the Andean butterfly Eryphanis zolvizora group (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) : one or several species? [PDF]

, 2014
Eryphanis zolvizora (Hewitson, 1877) is a rare Andean endemic butterfly, described from Bolivia, which has been historically classified either as a unique species, or as part of a group of three allopatric species from Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia.
Blandini, Patrick, Bristow, Roger, Gareca, Yuvinka, Huertas, Blanca, Neild, Andrew, Sousa, Juan Carlos de   +5 more
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El Camino del Inca en la cuenca superior del río Loa, desierto de Atacama, norte de Chile

Estudios Atacameños, 1999
La red vial incaica es la mayor evidencia arqueológica de la prehistoria americana. Ha sido conocida a través de crónicas tempranas, libros, apuntes de viajeros y también por la tradición oral de los pueblos de raigambre originaria.
Gloria Varinia Varela Guarda
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PROPOSING A DIGITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF THE QHAPAQ ÑAN – ANDEAN ROAD SYSTEM [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017
The ancient network of roads in the Andean region is one of the most important works of infrastructure in South America. The extensive territory where the main exchanges between their communities were locally performed is previous to the expansion of the
G. N. Duperré, G. N. Duperré
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