The
Astrologer
In
addition to the map of the Inca Empire, Guaman Poma left
this drawing of a local Sky watcher (from the Lucanas area
of Peru). He was a person who monitored the motions of the
Sun and stars to provide the time for fiestas and other
social activities. An anonymous document called the Huarochirí
manuscript was written in Quechua (the language of the Inca)
and claims that every village had an astronomy specialist.
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