Ancient Machu Picchu drainage engineering

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 360-369

  Wright, Kenneth R ^a,b   Zegarra, Alfredo Valencia ^c   Lorah, William L ^a  

^a WRIGHT WATER ENGINEERS INC   (United States)

^b Machu Picchu Paleohydrology Survey   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE ENGINEERING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; PUBLIC WORKS;

DRAINAGE;

DRAINAGE; HISTORICAL ASPECT;

EID: 0342680227     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(1999)125:6(360)     Document Type: Article

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