The Incas at Machu Picchu cultivated 14 acres of corn, potatoes, and beans. The rest of their food was imported.

 
The tomb of the “Lord of Ucupe,” a Moche lord who died in what is now nothern Peru in @ 500 A.D. (photos: Steve Borget)

“King of Bling” Tomb Sheds Light on Ancient Peru
National Geographic News
April 10, 2009
Packed with treasure in the styles of two ancient orders, the 1,500-year-old tomb of the Moche Indian “king of […]