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