Under the Inca most silversmiths, goldsmiths, stonemasons, and potters lived and worked in the towns. Their products were used by the government and by the nobility. For their work they required food from the government warehouses and regular allotments of wool for clothes. In a way, they were favored above the farmers, because they did not have to pay taxes. The craftsman, like the farmers, was happy to be working at his job and to excel at it. He taught his children his skills.
The metals mined in the Inca Empire were gold, silver, and copper,...
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