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The snake with golden braids : society, nature, and technology in Andean irrigation / Stephen G. Bunker.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bunker, Stephen G., 1944-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Indians of South America--Agriculture--Peru--Huanoquite.
Indians of South America.
Indian cosmology--Peru--Huanoquite.
Indian cosmology.
Ethnoecology--Peru--Huanoquite.
Ethnoecology.
Landscape assessment.
Irrigation farming.
History.
Irrigation engineering.
Indians of South America--Agriculture.
Peru--Huanoquite.
Irrigation engineering--Peru--Huanoquite--History.
Irrigation farming--Peru--Huanoquite--History.
Landscape assessment--Peru--Huanoquite.
Huanoquite (Peru)--Social conditions.
Huanoquite (Peru).
Huanoquite (Peru)--Environmental conditions.
Physical Description:
xiv, 121 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006]
Contents:
The Huanoquite water works : environmental sensitivity and technological innovation
Mountains, rivers, and valleys
Fitting tame ditches into a wild landscape
Power, property, and technology
Cosmology, society, and nature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [114]-118) and index.
ISBN:
0739111973
OCLC:
60605255
Publisher Number:
9780739111970

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