Pre-Columbian engineering in the Americas
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Engineering in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus was advanced in agriculture, hydrology, irrigation systems, transportation, mechanical engineering, civil engineering and astronomy. Examples of pre-Columbian engineering from different indigenous civilizations can be found across North and South America.
[edit] North America
- Pueblo Structures
- Hohokam Canals
- Chaco Canyon
- Tenochitlan Flood Gates
- Tenochitlan foundations
- Teotihuacan
- Mayan Blue paint - Studied by National Geographic due to its amazing ability to not fade.
[edit] South America
- Inca Roads
- Great Wall of Peru
- Nazca Lines
- Machu Picchu
- Chavin/Inca canals
- Inca knot language
- Maize genetic engineering
- Stone transportation
