Chimú–Inka Segmented Agricultural Fields in the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru: Implications for State-Level Resource Management
Creators
- 1. Vanderbilt University
- 2. University of Chicago
- 3. CFD Consultants International
- 4. Proyecto Jatanca/Huaca Colorada
- 5. University of Texas
- 6. University of Kentucky
Description
In this study, we analyze extensive segmented and standardized agricultural fields in the marginally productive terrain of the Pampa de Guereque in the Jequetepeque Valley on the north coast of Peru. Although portions of the associated canal system were constructed continuously from late Formative to Chimú times, the segmented fields date to the late Chimú–Inka period and were only partially finished, apparently never fully used, and ultimately abandoned. We provide description of field plots and irrigation canals and discuss the implications of state-level construction and labor management of the fields, as well as the probable reasons for their abandonment.
Se analizan extensos campos agrícolas segmentados y estandarizados ubicados en terrenos rocosos y marginalmente productivos en Pampa de Guereque, valle de Jequetepeque, costa norte del Perú. Aunque una porción del sistema de canales se construyó continuamente desde tiempos del Formativo tardío hasta época Chimú, los campos datan del período Chimú-Inka tardía y fueron parcialmente terminados, y aparentemente nunca se usadas completamente y finalmente abandonados. Se presenta una descripción detallada de los campo de cultivo y los canales de riego. Se discuten las implicaciones de la construcción a nivel estatal y la gestión laboral de los campos, así como las probables razones del su abandono.
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Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1017/laq.2022.19
- Other
- oai:uchicago.tind.io:7038
Related works
- Is supplement to
- https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2022.56 (URL)
Funding
- National Science Foundation
- Vanderbilt University
- Rebecca Webb Wilson Trust
- University of Kentucky
- University of Chicago
- Marion R. & Adolph J. Lichtstern Trust
- National Geographic Society