DOI article:
Schjellerup, Inge R.: Observations on ridged fields and terracing systems in the northern highlands of Peru
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.49002#0121
RIDGED FIELDS AND TERRACING SYSTEMS
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pletely levelled before the next retaining
stone wall was built as seen in layer 4, which
stretches into the stone wall situated above.
Layer 2 is a culture layer and one may there-
fore assume that these stone faced terraces
were erected rather late in the history of the
settlement, perhaps because the simple earth
terraces further down the slope did not yield
enough. Excavations in 1982 in one of the
circular stone houses did not give evidence
of Inca occupation. However, it is without
any doubt that the settlement also func-
Fig. 24. Plan of fig. 23. Drawn by Lars Kempfner Jorgensen, same scale.
Karte von der krummen, steinverkleideten Terrassen. Runashayana.
0 _ 5_ 10
M
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pletely levelled before the next retaining
stone wall was built as seen in layer 4, which
stretches into the stone wall situated above.
Layer 2 is a culture layer and one may there-
fore assume that these stone faced terraces
were erected rather late in the history of the
settlement, perhaps because the simple earth
terraces further down the slope did not yield
enough. Excavations in 1982 in one of the
circular stone houses did not give evidence
of Inca occupation. However, it is without
any doubt that the settlement also func-
Fig. 24. Plan of fig. 23. Drawn by Lars Kempfner Jorgensen, same scale.
Karte von der krummen, steinverkleideten Terrassen. Runashayana.
0 _ 5_ 10
M