Coctaca: dinámicas agrícolas bajo el manto de los inkas
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La existencia en Coctaca de grandes áreas agrícolas prehispánicas cautivó tempranamente la atención de los arqueólogos, siendo considerada como uno de los principales referentes de la agricultura nativa. Los nuevos estudios indican que, con el establecimiento de los inkas en la región, tuvo lugar en Coctaca una dinámica de neta intensificación de la producción agrícola en la que se readecuaron espacios de cultivo prexistentes y se crearon otros nuevos, en un área aproximada de 450 ha. Se resalta particularmente en las características del sistema agrícola el aprovechamiento pormenorizado de los recursos hídricos y la mitigación de las limitantes ambientales.
Más allá de la agricultura, la colosal inversión volcada en este desarrollo productivo hace de Coctaca una de las mayores y más evidentes manifestaciones del poder del Estado inkaico en esta parte de los Andes.
The existence of large pre-Hispanic agricultural areas in Coctaca early captured the attention of archaeologists, being considered one of the main references of native agriculture. New studies indicate that, with the establishment of the Inkas in the region, a dynamic of net intensification of agricultural production took place in Coctaca, in which pre-existing cultivation areas were readapted and new ones were created, on an area of approximately 450 ha. In this agricultural system, the detailed use of water resources and the mitigation of environmental constraints are particularly noteworthy. Regardless of agriculture, the colossal investment in this productive development turns Coctaca into one of the greatest and most evident manifestations of the power of the Inka State in this part of the Andes.
Sociedad Argentina de Antropología
The existence of large pre-Hispanic agricultural areas in Coctaca early captured the attention of archaeologists, being considered one of the main references of native agriculture. New studies indicate that, with the establishment of the Inkas in the region, a dynamic of net intensification of agricultural production took place in Coctaca, in which pre-existing cultivation areas were readapted and new ones were created, on an area of approximately 450 ha. In this agricultural system, the detailed use of water resources and the mitigation of environmental constraints are particularly noteworthy. Regardless of agriculture, the colossal investment in this productive development turns Coctaca into one of the greatest and most evident manifestations of the power of the Inka State in this part of the Andes.
Sociedad Argentina de Antropología
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Antropología, Quebrada de Humahuaca, Periodo Inka, Producción agrícola, manejo hídrico, poder, Inka period, agricultural production, water management, power