caa a22 4500 469075562 CHVBK 20180323132934.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01271028 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01271028 Erickson Clark University of Pennsylvania, USA aut Prehistoric landscape management in the Andean highlands: Raised field agriculture and its environmental impact [Elektronische Daten] [Clark Erickson] The terrain within the Lake Titicaca Basin in the Andean highlands of Peru and Bolivia is a highly human-modified landscape. Archaeological investigations document that massive landscape modifications were undertaken throughout prehistory in order to intensively cultivate marginal lands. The paper focuses on raised fields, large earthen platforms which prevent waterlogging and flooding, increase soil fertility, conserve moisture, insure nutrient production and recycling, and improve crop microclimates. The environmental implications of the construction of over 82,000 hectares of raised fields for local vegetation, microclimate, soils, sedimentation, and hydrology are examined. The reuse of raised field agricultural technology to solve some problems of current land management is also discussed. Human Sciences Press, Inc, 1992 Population and Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 13/4(1992-06-01), 285-300 0199-0039 13:4<285 1992 13 11111 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01271028 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01271028 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Erickson Clark University of Pennsylvania, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Population and Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 13/4(1992-06-01), 285-300 0199-0039 13:4<285 1992 13 11111 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer