Engineering aspects of Tiwanaku groundwater-controlled agriculture
essay 1996 Ortloff, Charles R.

TiahuanacoSouth America > Central Andes
Ortloff discusses and analyzes the ground water control devices and strategies used by the people of Tiwanaku in raised field agriculture. Several mathematical and computer models are constructed to model the rise and fall of the water in Lake Titica...

Agroecological perspectives on the decline of the Tiwanaku state
essay 1996 Kolata, Alan L. & Ortloff, Charles R.

TiahuanacoSouth America > Central Andes
'This chapter examines the collapse of the Tiwanaku state through … its agricultural history. We argue that the direct cause of Tiwanaku's decline … was the deterioration and ultimate abandonment of its regional-scale agricultural systems. We present...