Pre-Hispanic agriculture practices on soils in the Western Cordillera of the Peruvian Southern Andes
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Pre-Hispanic agriculture practices on soils in the Western Cordillera of the Peruvian Southern Andes

by Fernando Leceta Gobitz

Santa Maria terraces group (region Laramate, 14.5°S). Half-height, non-irrigated terraces, large rocks at the base, about medium sized. Abandoned terraces and repaired on different cultural periods: Early Horizon (550-200 BC), Middle Horizon (650-1000 AD), Late Intermediate Period (1000-1438 AD).