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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.