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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2016
Inca successes, mistakes light our way
QdeaQ FoQdors are suFh a Fom
maQdiQJ s\mEol oI iQdepeQ
deQFe aQd eQduraQFe that their imaJe
is oQ the (FuadoriaQ aQd %oliviaQ
À aJs — prett\ Fool Ior a pouQd
vulture
'espite their meQu preIereQFes —
EiJ rotteQ aQimal Forpses — FoQdors
do possess Fharisma I¶ve watFhed
as maQ\ as
eiJht iQ the air
at oQFe soar
iQJ aloQJ ridJe
tops iQ isolated
valle\s /ike
witQessiQJ a
total eFlipse
oI the suQ or a
meteor shower,
the\ are prooI
the
world
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doesQ¶t revolve
Winters
arouQd us )l\
iQJ a mile or
two aEove valle\ À oors, it would Ee
QiFe to thiQk FoQdors are saIe aQd
eterQal %ut that, oI Fourse, is merest
IaQtas\
The\ are iQ trouEle iQ South Amer
iFa due deadl\ iQteraFtioQs with
humaQs aQd haEitat loss The AQdeaQ
FouQtr\side is empt\iQJ out as desper
ate FampesiQos Frowd iQto the despi
FaEle slums oI /ima, 3eru, aQd other
Fities, Eut uQreJulated loJJiQJ aQd
threats like predator poisoQiQJs Qever
theless eat awa\ at the FoQdors¶ Iuture
was the last time a North
AmeriFaQ FoQdor was seeQ iQ OreJoQ,
\ears aIter the /ewis aQd &lark
([peditioQ shot oQe Qear IlwaFo as it
Ied oQ a whale FarFass oQ the &olum
Eia 5iver¶s Qorth shore .illiQJ some
thiQJ to stud\ it is oQe oI sFieQFe¶s
Fruel iroQies Nowada\s, we¶re Ior
tuQate eveQ to oEserve turke\ vultures
arouQd the &olumEia The other da\,
a kettle oI vultures over the swamps
Ee\oQd &hiQook, :ashiQJtoQ, told
me there must Ee a deliFious drowQed
deer somewhere iQ the Erush
There is little FhaQFe FoQdors will
aJaiQ À \ iQ OreJoQ or :ashiQJtoQ,
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Matt Winters/EO media Group
Inca engineers displayed a playful sense of water management,
turning rain-drainage channels below Machu Picchu into a form of
abstract art.
Matt Winters/EO media Group
A khipu, or Inca string book, is displayed in the National Museum
of Archaeology, Anthropology and History in Lima, Peru. For many
decades, there was little hope that the information captured in these
objects would ever be understood, but there has been a recent
break in the case and decoding them is becoming more likely.
release iQ &aliIorQia aQd Ari]oQa
outh AmeriFa Fame to miQd
reFeQtl\ as Qews emerJed oI a
remarkaEle disFover\ iQ 3eru¶s deso
late /uQahuaQa 9alle\, a plaFe I drove
throuJh maQ\ \ears aJo ThaQks to
dr\ FoQditioQs, do]eQs oI IQFa khi
pus — striQJ Eooks or ³talkiQJ kQots´
— have EeeQ reFovered, some still
iQ FoQte[t with the stored Ioods the\
were used to FouQt aQd reFord
.hipus are thouJhtprovokiQJ
The\ preserve lost details aEout the
miJht\ IQFa empire EeIore it was
destro\ed E\ SpaQish FoQTuista
dor )raQFisFo 3i]arro aQd others
5emaiQs purported to Ee 3i]arro¶s
sit like a FarQival sideshow attraFtioQ
iQ a thorouJhl\ uQloved displa\ Fase
iQ the QatioQal Fathedral The SpaQ
ish EurQed all Eut aEout surviv
iQJ khipus aQd did Qot reFord how
to read them, so the\ are like aQFieQt
(J\ptiaQ hieroJl\phs were EeIore the
5osetta StoQe allowed traQslatioQ
)or aQ\ lover oI laQJuaJe aQd IaFts,
the iQaEilit\ to uQderstaQd khipus is
deepl\ IrustratiQJ
ThouJh larJel\ reJarded as aQ
aFFouQtiQJ tool, some khipus have
a %\]aQtiQe Fomple[it\ aQd ma\
eQFode more sophistiFated t\pes
oI FommuQiFatioQ There is
a ³depth oI iQIormatioQ FoQ
taiQed iQ QoQQumeriF, struF
S
thouJh the FoQservatioQ Jroup Ore
JoQ :ild does dediFate a :eE paJe
to the FoQFept The OreJoQ =oo sa\s
FoQdor restoratioQ ³will reTuire us
to thiQk iQ terms oI the restoratioQ oI
whole eFos\stems, iQFludiQJ health\
salmoQ ruQs, viaEle mammal popula
tioQs, aQd eveQ the vitalit\ oI our owQ
Fultures aQd aEilit\ to Foe[ist with aQd
reJeQerate Qatural s\stems´ There
is sFaQt FhaQFe oI this %ut the ]oo
deserves Fredit as oQe oI Iour IaFili
ties that has FaptiveEred FoQdors Ior
There is little chance
condors will again fl y in
Oregon or Washington.
tural elemeQts oI khipu,´ aFFordiQJ
to researFher Gar\ 8rtoQ See www
tiQ\urlFom.hipu'ataEase
This Qew ¿ Qd oI khipus miJht Must
Ee the ke\ to eveQtuall\ uQloFkiQJ
their m\steries A EreathtakiQJ oQe is
oQ displa\ iQ the NatioQal 0useum oI
ArFhaeoloJ\, AQthropoloJ\ aQd His
tor\ oQ aQ oEsFure street iQ /ima It
Jlows with poteQtial )or deFades,
I¶ve huQJered to kQow what it sa\s
ima is oQe oI m\ least Iavorite
metropolises — or millioQ
people, most aEMeFtl\ poor :heQ Iel
low AmeriFaQs Ead mouth our FouQ
tr\, I wish I Fould plop them dowQ
oQ the edJe oI /ima Ior a Iew da\s
A ta[i trip Irom a QatioQ¶s maiQ air
port to the heart oI its Fapital used to
iQvolve driviQJ arouQd tire ¿ res aQd
Qarrowl\ avoidiQJ FollisioQs at iQter
seFtioQs EeFause QoEod\ oEe\s stop
liJhts AIter suFh e[perieQFe, \ou
kQow \ou¶re awIull\ luFk\ to live
where we do iQstead oI iQ 3eru — or
aQ\ QumEer oI similar plaFes
%ut /ima¶s Flose to uQavoidaEle iI
\ou¶re JoiQJ to speQd muFh time oQ
the FoQtiQeQt¶s west side — usuall\ a
prereTuisite to visitiQJ the IQFa Fapital
oI &u]Fo, Irom whiFh a traiQ delivers
visitors to 0aFhu 3iFFhu These are
plaFes that make the uJl\ sloJ throuJh
/ima worthwhile
9isits to the Ioremost IQFa sites are
L
liIe FhaQJiQJ The\ were Erutal FoQ
Tuerors oI other Qative peoples, Eut
their Freativit\ was woQdrous
IQ seldomseeQ terraFes Eelow
0aFhu 3iFFhu, Ior e[ample, there¶s
a pla\Iul seQse oI water maQaJe
meQt I¶d love to see emulated here iQ
our similarl\ wet reJioQ :ater is led
throuJh FhaQQels preFisioQFarved iQ
the Qatural roFk A huJe Eoulder Qear
&u]Fo has similar Ieatures, suppos
edl\ to draiQ awa\ saFri¿ Fial Elood —
thouJh I hope that¶s Must a stor\ told
Ior tourists
3reserviQJ or losiQJ memories,
haQdliQJ eveQ muQdaQe Fhores like
stormwater draiQaJe with eleJaQFe,
avoidiQJ EeiQJ FoQTuered, EeiQJ seri
ous aEout urEaQ plaQQiQJ aQd pop
ulatioQ FoQtrol, FoQserviQJ wild
liIe — these all are lessoQs we ouJht
to aEsorE Irom the IQFa aQd their
desFeQdaQts
—M.S.W.
Matt Winters is editor and pub-
lisher of the Chinook Observer and
Coast River Business Journal.
Matt Winters/EO media Group
The largely intact Inca palace Machu Picchu is a place of enduring interest for tourists and archaeologists, but the Andes are generously sprinkled with other compelling prehis-
toric sites that receive a small fraction of the attention lavished on Peru’s star attraction.
Magic sells for Trump, Sanders campaigns
By CHARLES
KRAUTHAMMER
Washington Post Writers Group
W
ASHINGTON — The
New Hampshire results
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overlooked, however, is the role
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mood E\ the seveQ\ear leJaF\
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saQ FritiTue is the soFial, eFoQomiF
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us %erQie SaQders is FareIul Qever to
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a siQkiQJ middle Flass, \ouQJ peo
ple Frushed E\ deEt, the
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leJe eduFatioQ, Iree uQiver
maQQerisms aQd \ou would
sal health Fare, Iree world
have thouJht \ou were listeQ
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woQ¶t Ee ³the poliFemaQ oI
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the world´ m\thiFal SuQQi
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armies will presumaEl\ Ee
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Krauthammer
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to the FouQtr\¶s leadership — most puQ aJaiQst a ³speFulatioQ´ ta[ whatever
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%oth FaQdidates are Qot Must aQtiestaE
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is as muFh aEout the OEama leJaF\ as it -apaQ, Irom 0e[iFo, Irom ever\where
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plaQs SaQders aQd Trump oIIer maJiF
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promise oI a QearEiEliFal restoratioQ As ArJeQtiQa had a per Fapita iQFome Iull\
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thinks SaQders
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that &hiQa¶s Jreatest reduF
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the deJree to whiFh it has
get any aQd aQ[ious mood oI a QatioQ
given up soFialism"
its worst eFo
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worse e[perieQFiQJ
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knows :ar
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oI the Faudillo will make
ever\thiQJ riJht
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retreat
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stroQJmaQ rule FoQtradiFts the AmeriFaQ
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FoQstraiQed JoverQmeQt, Faudillo popu wh\ Qot shake thiQJs up to their IouQ
lism simpl\ doesQ¶t work It aFFouQts iQ datioQ" AQ\oQe who thiQks thiQJs FaQ¶t
a larJe part Ior the relative EaFkwardQess Jet aQ\ worse kQows QothiQJ AQd risks
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