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**Research Direction for this Wiki: ** How the examination of architectural structures and artifacts such as pottery have allowed anthropologists to understand the military tendencies of the Inca and Moche, who lacked writing as we know it.

Hello my name is Dresdner and my major here at UCF is anthropology. I am very interested in cultural and physical anthropology as they pertain to the ancient and modern worlds. I have a special interest in the civilizations of the new world and find their social evolution fascinating. Andes Warfare is of particular interest to me because the Inca and Moche cultures who once controlled the area were very prone to warfare and bloodshed and developed a number of technologies to increase their military might.
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>In this wiki I will be discussing the military practices of the Inca and the Moche. The information that we have today has come from a variety of sources. These sources include, but are not restricted to, Iconography in art, weapons, forensic evidence from human remains, as well as what we can gather about ancient architecture. All of the written records we have of the Inca come from the Spanish who colonized the area. A great deal of information has been gathered from secondary sources like Spanish priests and members of the invading army, this information can be somewhat skewed because of cultural biases and preconceptions. This is why the artifacts and remains left by these Andean societies are so valuable in understanding who they were and how they lived.



{1} We know that Andean civilizations such as the Moche and the Inca recorded, with great detail, events such as battles, ceremonies, and celebrations in their works of art. Since no Andean group developed writing as we know it these depictions are some of the most valuable tools modern day anthropologists have available to them. From these depictions we can also tell that the society had developed to a point where they could support artisans and warriors.

Andean Fortifications

