South America and New Zealand
The foot plough was also used by Peruvians circa 1600. The Inca King and accompanying provincial lords used foot ploughs in the "opening of the earth" ritual at the beginning of the agricultural cycle. Incan agriculture used the chakitaqlla, a type of foot plough.
Before Europeans arrived in New Zealand (1642), the Māori people used the kō, a version of the foot plough.
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