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Agricultural Terraces in Chibcha Territory, Colombia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Sylvia M. Broadbent
Sylvia M. Broadbent*
Affiliation:
Barnard College, New York, New York
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Abstract

Reinvestigation of terraces first reported by Haury and Cubillos indicates that they were made by man, although some natural formations exist that resemble terraces. The terraces near Tocancipá and Facatativá are probably prehistoric, but those at the Chocontá, Tunja, and Soacha localities are of a different type, consisting of ridges designed to carry drainage ditches. Such ditchridges have been built in recent years and thus far have no prehistoric associations.

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Facts and Comments
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American Antiquity , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , April 1964 , pp. 501 - 504
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1964

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References

Haury, Emil W. 1953 Some Thoughts on Chibcha Culture in the Hign Plains of Colombia. American Antiquity, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 76–8. Salt Lake City.Google Scholar
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