Kids Discover: Source Analysis

According to the four sources provided, “A Historic Rediscovery”, National Geographic, “The Four Quarters of the World”, and the Kids Discover magazine, the authors provided information about how ancient Puebloan tribes and the Incas lived their lives with their kind of technology. In source one, the author, Robin Chalmer, talks about Mesa Verde, located in Colorado, and the kind of life led there by cliff dwellers. In source two, the publisher, National Geographic, talks briefly about the national park Mesa Verde is home to before discussing about the artifacts and the items the Pueblo people used a long time ago. In source three, the author, Kathryn Hinds, talks about the ancient Incas and their magnificent buildings. In source four, the magazine, Kids Discover, discusses about the Inca’s other works, like their roads and irrigation systems. The Incan tribes were a very advanced society, but they were exposed …show more content…
For example, the site of Machu Picchu in Peru was constructed by the Incas and its “city buildings and terraces… are of the best quality”, and they are still in existence today. This shows that the Incas were a very sophisticated society who solved their agricultural situations and provided shelter for their people. This also shows that they were able to live comfortably in an area where the geography is mountainous and has crazy weather. In addition the Incas also built “thousands of miles of roads” and walls with “blocks that fit so snugly that a knife blade cannot be slipped into the cracks between the rocks.” This shows that the Incas were skilled builders when it came to building walls. This also shows that they had the tools to complete these feats. The Incas were the master builders and the stonemasons of their time because of their existing works today like, Machu Picchu and their walls, with the help of their