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Hydrological Dynamics and the Evolution of Field Form and Use: Resolving the Knapp-smith Controversy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Michael E. Moseley  and
Robert A. Feldman
Michael E. Moseley
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago IL 60605
Robert A. Feldman
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago IL 60605
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Abstract

Ongoing gradual uplift of the Pacific watershed of Peru results in water table subsidence. As a mechanical consequence, the form and use of embankment-bound fields evolve through a series of distinct stages. Conflicting interpretations arise as a consequence of different investigators having addressed field structures in different stages of evolution.

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American Antiquity , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 403 - 408
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1984

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