The natural and human setting
essay 1996 Binford, Michael W. & Kolata, Alan L.

TiahuanacoSouth America > Central Andes
This chapter examines the geology, surface hydrology, groundwater, climate, paleoclimate, pollen found in lake cores, Lake Titicaca (water quality, lake levels, productivity, etc.), aquatic and terrestrial flora and fauna, etc. of the southern Lake T...

Paleoecology and Tiwanaku agroecosystems
essay 1996 Binford, Michael W. et al.

TiahuanacoSouth America > Central Andes
This chapter describes the field research and the results of the soils testing from near the archaeological sites discussed in this book and from several areas in the lake. Using this data the authors reconstruct the lake levels and some of the clima...

Nutrient fluxes and retention in Andean raised-field agriculture
essay 1996 Carney, Heath J. et al.

TiahuanacoSouth America > Central Andes
The authors conducted chemical and biological analyses along nine transects in different ecotones. The data from the transects and experimental fields is used to determine that '… the anthropogenic landscape of raised-field networks differentially re...