A pre-Incan South American culture known for guano production and maritime trade, or an ancient site/people from the Chincha Islands.
Named after the Chincha Islands off the coast of Peru, where the Chincha people developed a sophisticated coastal civilization. The word entered English through archaeological and anthropological research.
The Chincha were the 'guano kings'—they controlled the most valuable export in the pre-Columbian Americas (bird droppings used as fertilizer), making them wealthier than many empires.
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