Tiwanaku and its hinterland
Subtitle: archaeology and paleoecology of an Andean civilization
By: edited by Alan L. Kolata.
Contributors: Kolata, Alan L.
Series: Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Subjects: Tiwanaku culture; Indians of South America -- Agriculture -- Titicaca Lake (Peru and Bolivia); Indians of South America -- Titicaca Lake (Peru and Bolivia) -- Antiquities; Irrigation farming -- Titicaca Lake (Peru and Bolivia) -- History; Raised field agriculture -- Titicaca Lake (Peru and Bolivia) -- History; Human ecology -- Titicaca Lake (Peru and Bolivia) -- History; Titicaca, Lake (Peru and Bolivia) -- Antiquities
Description: "Discusses physical environment, paleoecology, raised fields, groundwater control, nutrient fluxes, long-term sustainability, experimental rehabilitation, and impact of climate fluctuations on the decline of the Tiwanaku State"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Agroecology.