Thousands of years ago, Indigenous peoples in the Andes assessed their climate, geography, and ecology and realized that, to provide better support for agriculture and herding, they needed to harness water. The solution they chose was to build hydraulic infrastructure, such as canals, terraces, reservoirs, and dams.
Kevin Lane, an archaeologist and senior researcher at CONICET Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, reveals the story of this technology on the coast and in the highlands of the central Andes, which differs in ways that reflect their surroundings. He also explains how some of these ancient technologies are being repurposed today as a tool for dealing with the effects of climate change.
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