Denevan, William M.

Cultivated landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes : William M. Denevan. - Oxford, UK New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. - xxx, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Introduction: fields and Associated features - Classification of field types - Crops, Tools, and soft technology - A diversity of habitats and field systems - Fields of the mojo, campa, bora, shipibo, and karinya - Adrean irrigation and terracing - Terraced fields - The titicaca raiced fields - Ditched fields, Drainage canals, and river canalization

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Indians of South America
Traditional farming
Irrigation farming
Chinampas
Terracing
Shifting cultivation
Agriculture

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