{"id":2064,"date":"2019-10-04T22:33:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T03:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2026-07-20T21:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T02:29:11","slug":"why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/en\/blog\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Why there was no starvation neither malnutrition back in the Inca Period?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text-justify\"><strong>Starvation in the Inca Period<\/strong> | <strong>Why there was no starvation neither malnutrition back in the Inca Period?<\/strong> On the world there are seven geographical locations were the societies living in those areas were capable to domesticate plants and animals, and they learned about how to keep their crops or harvest for the months of shortage of food; The Andes is one of these locations where agriculture started 8000 years ago approx, mainly the Andes of Peru where the Ancient Peruvians were capable to overcome malnutrition and starvation even though the topography is not agricultural-friendly geography, then let\u00b4s get to the point, why there was not starvation neither malnutrition back in the Inca Period? Check it below and get yourself a little bit more informed about this social achievement made on the Creators of Potatoes: The Ancient Peruvians!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period,?\" class=\"wp-image-2900\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Plants of Quinoa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-justify\">Thanks to the principles of reciprocity and re-distribution of the food among\nthe ancient societies, they were able to keep their families out of famine; they\nhave also developed advanced techniques to dry their food such as grains,\nvegetables and even meat to keep them for more years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-justify\">Note the Ancient Peruvians use to speak Quechua, the language is still spoken\nnowadays and indeed the terms \u201cFamine or Starvation\u201d do not exist in Quechua\nlanguage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-four-techniques-to-preserve-food-developed-by-ancient-peruvians\"><strong>Four Techniques to preserve food developed by Ancient Peruvians<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-food-refrigeration-in-qollcas\"><strong>Food Refrigeration in Qollcas<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-qollcas.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period, qollcas\" class=\"wp-image-2882\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Food Storages known as &#8220;Qollcas&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-justify\">We have the dry and the wet season on the Andes and the \u201cEl Ni\u00f1o\nFenomeno\u201d on the coast of Peru, therefore the pre-Hispanic societies were aware\nof this weather issues and learnt about food preservation systems, one them is\nthe usage of \u201cQolqas\u201d which are ground floor, mud and stone constructions, with\nvery thick walls, roofed with straw, efficient buildings designed to keep cool\ntemperatures to store the food for even years, food like grains, vegetable and\nmeat(Alpaca and Llama), note that the Qolcas were built by using volcanic\nstones, this causes a natural process known as Evapotranspiration which keeps\nthese buildings without humidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chu-os-dehydration-under-freezing-weather\"><strong>\u201cChu\u00f1os\u201d Dehydration under freezing weather!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period-why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period-potatoes.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period, chu\u00f1os\" class=\"wp-image-2876\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dry Potatos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-justify\">One of the very unique techniques innovated by the indigenous people on the&nbsp; Andes is the dehydration of potatoes under freezing temperatures, this process still takes place on some rural areas on the Andes where locals wake up early in the morning like 4 am to start the process and the on the same day they start to dry them out in the sunshine. Once you have the final process the dehydrated potatoes can be kept for even 20 years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-charqui-dehydration-under-heating-weather\"><strong>\u201cCharqui\u201d Dehydration under heating weather!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-charki.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period, charqui\" class=\"wp-image-2894\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dry meat is known as &#8220;Charqui&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period-dry-meat.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither malnutrition in the inca times? dry meat\" class=\"wp-image-3978\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dry Fish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-justify\">The Indigenous human groups before the Spaniards were not just capable to\ndomesticate animals but also keep the meat of this South American Camelids for\nmany years. The process was very simple by just drying out under the sunshine\nand adding some salt. This type of meat can be used for both main courses and\nsoups, the meat source used for this process is alpaca or llama and on the Andes\nand fish was used on the coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dehydration-of-fruits-and-vegetables\"><strong>Dehydration of Fruits and Vegetables!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-justify\">In the Inca Empire there was no a fast way of transportation system like\ncarriages or horses, not even the wheel was implemented nevertheless theses societies\nhad the principle of rotation but since the geography is mainly made out of\nmountains, it would have been useless to implement the wheel, who or what would\nit pull the carriage? Therefore mainly llamas were used for transportation and these\nanimals don\u00b4t necessarily walk fast with the cargo on!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-dry-fruits.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period?\" class=\"wp-image-2903\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dry Fruits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-justify\">Therefore, the llama caravans would take a long time to get to their final destinations and whatever food they would transport to exchange had to be dry, not just the meat or fish but also fruits and vegetables like seaweeds. When the fruits or meats are completely dehydrated they are also lighter! Note that Llamas can only carry 30 kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-indigenous-agricultural-society\">An Indigenous Agricultural Society<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-justify\">Definitely, the Indigenous people living mainly on the coast and the Andes of Peru were great farmers simply because of their geography, where there weren\u2019t many animals to hunt like in North America where the natives had ownership of hunting grounds where they would hunt antelopes, bison or caribous.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-famine-in-the-inca-period-agriculture.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period?\" class=\"wp-image-2897\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Indigenous Agricultural Society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-justify\">On the other hand, on the Andes 5000 years ago there some animals like\nvicu\u00f1as or guanacos, which later on were domesticated together with the guinea\npigs. But these sources of food were not enough so they had to enhance their\nagricultural techniques and interbreed the seeds, fruits and more at different ecological\nlocations, thus nowadays in Peru we have around 5000 varieties of potatoes, 400\ntypes of corn, 3000 types of Quinoa, Quiwicha, Tarwi, Ca\u00f1ihua, Ollucos, Ocas,\nUncuchas, Sashapapas, Maca, Llacon, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-justify\">They were also capapble to domesticate fruits, vegetables and seeds such as: Lucumas, Chirimoyas, Pi\u00f1as, Peanuts, Pacaes, Avocados, Poroporos, Granadillas, Capuli, Noga, Noni, Airampo, Ahupalla, Chamburo, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-one-picture-is-worthy-than-thousands-words\">One picture is worthy than thousands words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Check the picture of the most famous seeds, fruits or eatable roots from the Andes:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period-lucuma.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period, lucuma\" class=\"wp-image-2852\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LUCUMA, caramel-flavoured fruits, they grow on the coast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period-pacae.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period,  pacae\" class=\"wp-image-2864\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PACAE Fruits, note you don\u00b4t eat the beans by the whity thing, they grow on the rain forest!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period-chirimoya.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period,  chirimoya\" class=\"wp-image-2846\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CHIRIMOYA, they taste similar to vanilla, they grow on the Andes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period-uncucha.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period, uncucha\" class=\"wp-image-2873\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UNCUCHA, they are similar rot Potato but they grow on the Rainforest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period-quinoa.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period, quinoa\" class=\"wp-image-2870\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">QUINOA, Grains hing on the Protein, they grow on the Andes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period-olluco.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period, olluco\" class=\"wp-image-2861\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">OLLUCO, roots that are used to flavour soups, similar to Carrot, they grow on the Andes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/why-there-was-no-starvation-neither-malnutrition-back-in-the-inca-period-maca.jpg\" alt=\"why there was no starvation neither famine in the inca period,  maca\" class=\"wp-image-2855\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MACA, super Inca Food, high on Omega content, they grow on the Andes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Original Blog was originally written in Spanish by the cool team of <a href=\"http:\/\/perufolklorico.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Peru Folklorico<\/a>. They also write other cool historic topics that you will not find in Wikipedia!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the Content above was enriched by the Team of <a href=\"https:\/\/freewalkingtoursperu.com\/en\/tours-cusco\/free-walking-tour-cusco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free Walking Tour Cusco<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starvation in the Inca Period | Why there was no starvation neither malnutrition back in the Inca Period? 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