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More from Jim Allen's website:
Geoforms - agricultural formations on the Bolivian Altiplano
Contrary to the opinions of some modern scientists that the Altiplano was a place unsuitable for agriculture, satellite imagery shows that practically every square foot of earth, whether on level ground or steep mountainside, has been cultivated at some time in the past. Although the impression on the ground may be of an abandoned empty desert at times, the satellite imagery shows there must have been an occupation in the millions of people - who developed many diverse forms of agriculture varying from the mountain terraces for which the Andes are famous, maze-like parcels of raised land surrounded by irregular water channels called "suka kollus", regular plots of land bounded by parallel straight canals, modified mountains with artificial radiating walls, irregular stone walled enclosures, irregular irrigated mountainside plots, artificial fish ponds with interconnecting channels, semi-aquatic cultures living on artificial islands, regular and irregular modern field patches.
Some of the old patterns have been eliminated by later cultivations but many can be still detected on the satellite imagery, which also shows up extensive earthquake damage in places where old terraces have been virtually demolished and in others where ancient iregular walled fields have been buried beneath extensive sand dunes.
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Some views from Google Earth
Above, geoglyphs or land forms north of Tiwanaku first brought to the public attention by David Flynn.
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Above, oblique view shows the geoglyphs to be artificial land formations used for agricultural purposes.
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Above, close-up oblique view.
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Above, high resolution close-up oblique view.
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Above, close-up oblique view.
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Above, close-up oblique view shows stream feeding irrigation channels.
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Above, close-up oblique view shows stream feeding irrigation channels.
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Above, an irrigation canal winds its way along the contours.
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Above, close-up of the canal winding its way through the "geoglyphs".
http://www.atlantisbolivia.org/geoforms.htm
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Above, double section of canal amongst the "geoglyphs".
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Above, the "geoglyphs" appear ancient and eroded here in this oblique view
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Above, this close-up shows damage and erosion after earthquakes in this oblique view.
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Above, close-up oblique view showing remains of ancient terraces with probable earthquake damage.
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Above, in the same zone south-east of Lake Titicaca, some parallel canals for agriculture, now disused.
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