Inca Food
Animal and Mineral
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.29795Keywords:
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Sophie Coe, whose three-part essay on 'Aztec Cuisine' (PPC 19, 20, 21) evoked much interest, has now furnished us with an account of Inca foodstuffs. Unlike the Aztecs, the Inca had domesticated mammals; and this essay deals with all their animal foods- and some mineral ones as a tailpiece.
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