TAILIEUCHUNG - Bordos and boundaries: Sustainable agriculture in the high altitude deserts of northwest Argentina, AD 850-1532

The Inca do not seem to have disrupted these systems or local autonomy over them. In contrast, modern water and soil is characterized by a household-level decentralized management system. This situation leads to serious conflicts over water use allocations, wastage and flawed irrigation resulting in rising ground salinization. | Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology June 2014, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 189-218 ISSN: 2334-2420 (Print), 2334-2439 (Online) Copyright © The Author(s). 2014. All Rights Reserved. Published by American Research Institute for Policy Development Bordos and Boundaries: Sustainable Agriculture in the High Altitude Deserts of Northwest Argentina, AD 850-1532 Pedro M. Salminci1, Pablo Tchilinguirian2 and Kevin Lane2 Abstract Bordos were essential for the long-term sustainability of agriculture in the high altitude desert of Antofagasta de la Sierra in Northwest Argentina during the Late (AD 850 – 1480) and Inca Period (AD 1480 – 1532). Bordos were lineal humps of soil that stimulated the pedogenesis of the predominantly sandy soils of the area. Furthermore, they served as boundaries delimiting irrigation and cultivation fields. Therefore, bordos alongside other technologies were an efficient means by which viable farming was possible in an otherwise marginal agricultural zone. Besides explaining the role of bordos in the context of Northwestern Argentine agriculture this article describes the irrigation systems in place at Antofagasta de la Sierra throughout this period and compares it to the present state of affairs. Our results demonstrate that these late Prehispanic bordos and irrigation networks were well set out and organized such that use of water and soil was efficient, proportional and fair. The Inca do not seem to have disrupted these systems or local autonomy over them. In contrast, modern water and soil is characterized by a household-level decentralized management system. This situation leads to serious conflicts over water use allocations, wastage and flawed irrigation resulting in rising ground salinization. Keywords: Prehispanic Andean agriculture, desert environment, bordos technology, hydraulic management, irrigation networks, Northwest Argentina In the last few decades researchers in the Andes have shown how areas currently considered suboptimal for .

• Nông nghiệp
• Journal of anthropology and archaeology
• Bordos and boundaries
• The high altitude deserts of northwest Argentina
• AD 850 1532
• Household level decentralized management system
• Rising ground salinization
• Underwater cultural heritage sites
• The way to World Heritage
• To ratify the 2001 convention or not to ratify
• Underwater archaeology experts
• Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural heritage
• Reconstructing inca socioeconomic organization through biography analyses
• Residential houses and workshops of pucara de tilcara
• The production of luxury goods
• The Argentina northwestern regio
• Ppracticing responsibility in transnational perspective
• The institutional frameworks
• The late twentieth century work of Peter Strawson
• The socio cultural
• The achaemenid impacts on the levantine architecture
• The fifth and fourth centuries B
• The levantine architecture
• Art of designing of buildings
• Accounting for hominins’ fast exit from Africa
• The Out of Africa Event 1 due to widespread wildfires
• Accidently and inevitably ignited
• Flight from wildfire
• The face of the turin shroud
• Well known Christ relic
• The Turin Shroud
• Sticky tape contains
• Archaeoacoustic analysis of tarxien temples in Malta
• Tarxien temples in Malta
• Architectonic particularities is put forward
• Underground water through geological faults
• Archaeoacoustic analysis of Xaghra hypogeum
• Archaeoacoustic analysis of Gozo
• Archaeoacoustic analysis of Malta
• Malta e Gozo islands
• Musical box amplifying the natural sounds present
• Household knowledge of unused medicines in Kenya
• Perceptions on disposal practices of unused medicines in Kenya
• Unused medicines in Kenya
• Medicines packages and negligence
• South central andean area
• Social interaction in the Atacama desert
• Relationship in the Atacama desert
• Genetic divergence in the Atacama desert
• Integration and genetic divergence
• Synthetic stratigraphic test of paleolithic industries in turkey
• Paleolithic industries in turkey
• The general Paleolithic image of Turkey
• Chipped stone tool
• The momtchil dobrev’s and mariola garibova’s interpretation
• The triple vessel
• The valchetran gold treasure in Bulgaria
• The Valchetran treasure
• The name of nature but against nature
• An ecological study of joseph conrad’s heart of darkness
• Joseph conrad’s heart of darkness
• Capitalistic Modern time
• Archaeoacoustic analysis of cybele’s temple
• Imperial roman palace of Felix romuliana
• Research group uses a practical standard
• Low frequency vibrations
• Indigenous irrigation in Tot Division
• Food security in Tot Division
• Food insecurity in the valley
• The Kalenjin speaking people
• Facial scarification on ifè brass heads
• An alternative hypothesis and its implications
• An alternative hypothesis
• Several facial scarification patterns
• On human cognition of the world
• The Truth in the Christianity
• Philosophy and religion
• Knowledge and faith
• Function of Iranian cities in safavid erapolitical cities
• Safavid erapolitical cities or commercial cities
• Islamic cites Economic relations
• Producer of raw materials
• Advertising American values and way of life
• Public diplomacy and american companies’ ads in China
• Advertising American values
• Building lasting relationship
• Problems facing conservation of Kipsaraman Fossil Site
• Problems facing conservation
• Damage of the sediments
• Eroded and vandalized
• The spread of cultivated rice into southwestchina
• Cultivated rice into southwestchina
• Expansion of archaeological culture
• The Guiyuanqiao culture;
• Possible sources of iron in hassanlu
• Iron in hassanlu
• Site of Hassanlu
• Transferred to XRF instrument
• The origin of social classes
• Profession and colour
• The indoeuropean societies and ancient persia
• Ancient Persian dynasties
• Environs and cults
• Tracing the roots
• The social psychological paradigm
• Folk existence in deltaic lower bengal
• Deltaic lower bengal
• Spatial organization of gurgan city in islamic period
• Archaeological findings and documentary sources
• Gurgan city in islamic period
• Regular network of streets