Sistemas de riego y ritualidad andina en el valle del Colca

  • Román ROBLES MENDOZA
Keywords: Irrigation, Andenes (platforms), Andean ritual, Traditional agriculture, Peasantry

Abstract

This paper reviews the fundamental characteristics of the irrigation system and its processes of change in the Colca Valley, department of Arequipa, Peru. This microregion from southern Peru, consists of fourteen peasant communities that continue practicing traditional agriculture and maintaining a complex system ritual where the cult to water and apus mountain remains inextricably linked to the agricultural activity, even over Peruvian legislation about irrigation water use.

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Published
2010-04-05
How to Cite
ROBLES MENDOZA R. . (2010). Sistemas de riego y ritualidad andina en el valle del Colca. Revista Española de Antropología Americana, 40(1), 197-217. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/REAA/article/view/REAA1010120197A
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Vol. 40 No. 1 (2010)
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