Las chacras de Coporaque
Subtitle: andenería y riego en el valle del Colca
By: John M. Treacy ; editado por Maria A. Benavides, Blenda Femenías, William M. Denevan ; [traducción, Aroma de la Cadena y Eloy Neira].
Edition: 1. ed.
Series: Estudios de la sociedad rural ;; 12
Publisher: IEP
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Lima
Language: spa
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Agriculture -- Peru -- Colca River Valley (Arequipa); Traditional farming -- Peru -- Colca River Valley (Arequipa); Irrigation farming -- Peru -- Colca River Valley (Arequipa); Terracing -- Peru -- Colca River Valley (Arequipa); Colca River Valley (Arequipa, Peru) -- Social life and customs.
Description: "Superb field-based study concludes that stone-faced terraces in the Colca Valley (Arequipa dept.) are of pre-Inca origin. Need for water management, not soil conservation, explains their construction. Terrace abandonment during the historic period was driven more by social-historical factors than by environmental change"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-298).
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) under title: The fields of Coporaque.