First civilization to cultivate potatoes (4)

I believe the answer is:

inca

(Other definitions for inca that I've seen before include "Member of old Peruvian Indian race" , "Member of Andean people conquered by Spain" , "Original Peruvian" , "Old person in race" , "Former emperor" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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