The Sunken Gardens of the Peruvian Coast
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2563959 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Howland Rowe (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 320-325 |
| Publication date | 1969-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/278415 |
| OpenAlex | W2326603915 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 2 |
Sunken gardens are a response to a situation in which ground water is near the surface of a desert but does not reach it. Since the 19th century this situation has generally been met in Peru by raising water from wells for canal irrigation. No mechanical means of raising water was known in ancient Peru, however, and sunken gardens provided the most economical solution to the problem. Ground water occurs near the surface on the Peruvian coast in some valleys where there is not enough water to maintain a river on the surface, and at the lower ends of better watered valleys where surplus irrigation water accumulates but does not reach the surface. The problem of salinization appears to have been more serious in sunken gardens than in irrigated fields. Since sunken gardens are effective only under rather rare combinations of circumstances, it seems unlikely that they played a major role in the development of Peruvian agriculture
Agriculture · Archaeology · Desert (philosophy) · Geography · Geotechnical engineering · Groundwater · Hydrology (agriculture) · Irrigation · Political science · Water resource management · Ecology · Environmental Science · Geology · Water management and technologies
Geoglifos paracas de la costa sur
Cover Article
Landscape and Environment
Character and Evolution of Sunken Groundwater-Harvesting Agroecosystems in Aeolian Sand since Early Islamic Times, between Iran and Iberia
Agricultural resource use in an andean coastal ecosystem
Geologic constraints on rain-fed Qocha reservoir agricultural infrastructure, northern lake Titicaca Basin, Peru
Régimen de inundaciones en la costa peruana prehispánica
Variation in Prehistoric Agricultural Systems of The New World
La Agricultura en Lagunas Del Altiplano
The Development and Role of Sunken Field Agriculture on the Peruvian Coast
Environmental Issues in Landscape Studies
Plant sulfur isotopic compositions are altered by marine fertilizers
Filtration-Gallery Irrigation in the Spanish New World
Itinerant Experts, Alternative Harvests
Prehistoric Flood Management on the Peruvian Coast
Hydrological Dynamics and the Evolution of Field Form and Use
Sunken Fields and Prehispanic Subsistence on the Peruvian Coast
Determining Site Function
Early Watertable Farming on the North Coast of Peru
Times of Plenty, Times of Less
| Citations per year | 0.39 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1975 - 2024 (50) |
| Highly cited | No |