A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOUTHERN ANDEAN AGRICULTURAL TERRACING.

Abstract

The study in cultural geography concerns agricultural terracing in the Andes of Northern Chile and the Argentine Northwest. From knowledge of the environmental contexts of agricultural terracing, and the distribution of its practice, inferences concerning the operation of cultural processes are attempted. Qualitative data about agricultural terracing in localized contexts is presented. Terracing was found to be practiced in continuation of pre-Columbian technology as well as in contexts of more modern origin. The terracing traditions remain the strongest in isolation from national economies but are associated with cropping systems modified from the aboriginal. Today, as in the past, terracing technology is intimately related to irrigation and the availability of water. Not all agriculturalists were dependent on terracings. The terrace is a highly variable and only sometimes distinctive cultural artifact. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0679468

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  • Chris Field

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