Engineered highlands: The social organization of water in the ancient north-central Andes (AD 1000-1480)

World Archaeology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-190

  Lane, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andes; Communitized; Huaylas; Hydraulic technology; Prehispanic; Wittfogel

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WATER PLANNING; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

ANCASH; ANDES; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 61549085241     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240802655245     Document Type: Article

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