Yesterday, we toured the Museum of Archaeology in Puebla Libre. Seeing things that have been excavated throughout thousands of years of history was amazing because they were preserved so well. It was as if we were actually in that period of time. I made sure to pay attention to things like the stitching on fabrics and the engravings on pottery. I've never really paid attention to symmetry before until this trip. Identifying symmetry and non-symmetry is crucial to even marginally decode the messages of the ancient civilizations. The Paraca's artifacts were among my favorite at the archaeology museum because their stitchings were among the most intricate to me. The "thunderbird" utilizes linear and non-linear stitchings to depict the bird which was a symbol of the "upper earth"
The curves of the stitchings show the complexity that early weaving techniques contained. Each curve requires a very finely tuned stitching in order to show up clearly. The early weavers of South America were so precise in their work and it was amazing to see everything so clearly
The curves of the stitchings show the complexity that early weaving techniques contained. Each curve requires a very finely tuned stitching in order to show up clearly. The early weavers of South America were so precise in their work and it was amazing to see everything so clearly 
Also, the elongated skulls were especially cool because they told the story of a more mysterious method of body modification.
Later yesterday, we went to the Larco Muesem which contained more historical artifacts. My favorite artifact was the quipu which in simplest terms, is the "hard drive" of the Incas. It was used to store information in their numeric system which is believed to have been a base 10 number system which is also known as the common logarithm. The Quipu was a counting system based on ropes and knots that were placed along each of the ropes. As of right now, I do not know too much about the Quipus because we haven't gone into enough study of that mysterious record keeper but I can't wait to intensively study the Quipu and hope to understand even a little bit of a civilization that was so advanced for its time
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