Kevin Krajicks research in Peru on Incan agricultural strategies has revealed that:
a. although agriculture had not reached the carrying capacity of the area, such a fragile environment cannot sustain high production yields.
b. they practiced conservation methods, while maximizing production on their lands.
c. their agricultural strategies caused irreparable damage to the highland environment.
d. they grew only very limited and specialized cultigens, such as corn and rice.
e. the Inca understood agriculture and agricultural techniques much better than modern-day farmers.
Question 2
The carrying capacity of an environment:
a. is the uppermost level of productivity that is ecologically sound in an environment.
b. is solely determined by its technology, which can make an environment artificially sound.
c. influences only foraging societies, although there are still realistic limits on all environments.
d. refers only to the amount of wild plants and animals in an area.
e. refers to the amount of humans that can be profitable settled in a given amount of space.
Some organisms used as models in genetic research
A juvenile and a female torrent duck on the Urubamba River, Peru
Research Methods
The greatest bone mass is found around age 30 for both men and women, with the later decline being f
Nursing Research
Vessel with birth scene, Peru, Moche culture.