Inca textiles: Did you mean...?

Civilization (from the Latin civis=citizen and civitas=city) is a term applied to any society which has developed a writing system, government, production of surplus food, division of labor, and urbanization...

The Wanka (also Wanca or Huanca) people occupied the highlands of ancient central Peru around Lake Junin and the Manataro, Chanchamayo and Tarma rivers. The culture flourished from the Middle to Late Horizon periods (600 CE...

Typical imperial Inca trapezoid windows from the sacred precinct of Coricancha, Cuzco, c. 1438 CE.

Display of pots at Tucume Museum, Peru. The pots were found during an excavation of the pre-Inca civilisations in Northern Peru. Dates unknown. Photo taken by Hilary Bradt and used with permission.

During the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840), textile production was transformed from a cottage industry to a highly mechanised one where workers were present only to make sure the carding, spinning...

This week, we visit the Dallas Museum of Art and our interviewer, Aimee Cardoso, speaks with The Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Assistant Curator of the Arts of the Americas, Kimberly...

The English East India Company (EIC) was founded in 1600, and it came to control both trade and territories in India, as well as a trade monopoly with China. Goods the EIC traded included spices, cotton cloth...

Tiwanaku (or Tiahuanaco) was the capital of the Tiwanaku empire between c. 200 - 1000 CE and is situated in the Titicaca basin. At an altitude of 3,850 metres (12,600 ft) it was the highest city in the ancient world and had a peak population...

Cochineal is a brilliant red dye extracted from the crushed bodies of parasitic insects which prey on cacti in the warmer parts of the Americas. The dye was an important part of trade in ancient Mesoamerica and South America and throughout...

Extraordinarily well-preserved murals, dating from pre-Inca times, depicting stylised marine scenes. The photo was taken by Hilary Bradt and used with permission. Date of photo unknown.