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AFAIK the incas did know about the wheel, and could have presumably made them out of wood, but chose not to due to religious reasons. They venerated the sun and
by tinkthank 7y ago
AFAIK the incas did know about the wheel, and could have presumably made them out of wood, but chose not to due to religious reasons. They venerated the sun and its shape, thus using something circular for such mundane purposes would have been tantamount to blasphemy.
source: some tour guide in belize.
- kragen 7y agoWhy would a tour guide in Belize know anything about the Inka? Had she studied archaeology in Perú or something? I suspect you are confusing the Inka with the Mesoamerican peoples in the other hemisphere, where you were.