ABSTRACT

This book describes and analyzes the adaptive strategies of traditional and prehistoric farmers in one part of the Andes, in an effort to understand the varying interactions between people and their habitat over the last five hundred years.

chapter Chapter 1|17 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|34 pages

The Strategically Relevant Physical Environment

chapter Chapter 3|30 pages

Small-Farmer Adaptive Strategies

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

Models, Scenarios, and the Larger Context

chapter Chapter 5|17 pages

Prehistoric Agricultural Adaptations

chapter Chapter 6|27 pages

Prehistoric Irrigation

chapter Chapter 7|16 pages

Prehistoric Raised Fields

chapter Chapter 8|19 pages

Adaptation and Settlement in Late Prehistoric Times

chapter Chapter 9|8 pages

Conclusion