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How to brew ancient Wari beer
When the people of the Wari Empire (predecessors of the Inca) abandoned the southern Andes around 1100 CE, they made sure nobody else could enjoy their former home by destroyed the brewery that, for 400 years, had provided for lavish festivals held at the provincial center of Cerro Baúl. "They intentionally and deliberately destroyed the site so that it couldn't be used by successor societies when they left," Field Museum Associate Curator & Professor of Anthropology Ryan Williams told Ars Technica.
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