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Irrigation and Society in the Peruvian Desert
Schreiber, Katharina J.; Lancho Rojas, Josue
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Description for Irrigation and Society in the Peruvian Desert
Hardback. This text looks at the legendary puquios of Nasca, the underground aqueduct system built by Incans which is arguably responsible for this strange abundance of water. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFC; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Nasca, once home to a sophisticated ancient culture, is an improbable paradise: a verdant landscape in the middle of the Peruvian coastal desert, one of the driest places on the face of the Earth. Irrigation and Society: The Puquios of Nasca looks at the legendary puquios of Nasca, the underground aqueduct system built by Incans which is arguably responsible for this strange abundance of water. Authors Katharina Schreiber and Josue Rojas explore the puqios, their probable means of construction, their function in ancient society and how they are used today. Few ancient cultures were as knowledgeable about water or as ... Read more
Nasca, once home to a sophisticated ancient culture, is an improbable paradise: a verdant landscape in the middle of the Peruvian coastal desert, one of the driest places on the face of the Earth. Irrigation and Society: The Puquios of Nasca looks at the legendary puquios of Nasca, the underground aqueduct system built by Incans which is arguably responsible for this strange abundance of water. Authors Katharina Schreiber and Josue Rojas explore the puqios, their probable means of construction, their function in ancient society and how they are used today. Few ancient cultures were as knowledgeable about water or as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739106419
SKU
V9780739106419
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About Schreiber, Katharina J.; Lancho Rojas, Josue
Katharina Schreiber is a Professor of Archeology at the University of California Santa Barbara, and a world-renowned expert on ancient Peru.Josué Lancho is the former Nasca Provincial Director of the Peruvian National Institute of Culture and the author of numerous works on Nasca. He has also served as coordinator or advisor for some 16 documentary films on the geoglyphs of ... Read more
Reviews for Irrigation and Society in the Peruvian Desert
. . . it puts the subsistence economy firmly back into the archaeology of ancient complex societies and it revives general debates about the relationship between control of water and development of social inequality and political power. . . . This volume is specifically written for the specialist in south coast archaeology and it amply fulfills this goal. Moreover, the ... Read more