What would the plausible, explicable reason(s) be for practically all original inhabitants of the Americas to ignore, if not shun, the usage of the wheel?
Though most did have a notion of the 3-dimensional circle, even with a central perforation, as in Andean weaponry, f. ex., they seem to have missed a logical step. For such superb engineers as many of these pre-columbian Andean peoples, f. ex., to convert holed circular stones on a stick into axles and wheels, I’d imagine “child’s play”, in the true sense of the word! Was it a religious thing, such as Muslims, who do not portrait humans? Why was it then adopted by all “Amerindians”?
Any in-depth clues?
Havelock J. Campbell
2007-12-23
10:09:11
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