The Archeological Landscape of the Chanchán Basin and Its Agroecological Legacies for the Conservation of Montane Forests in the Western Foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes

This article shows a set of agroecological practices that were incorporated into the archeological landscape of the Chanchán basin by pre-Hispanic Kañaris societies for 1200 years (240–1438 AD), a millennium before the arrival of the Incas, and that continue to be used in this landscape by certain i...

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Published in:	Land
Main Authors:	Christiam Paúl Aguirre Merino, Raquel Piqué Huerta, Lady Nathaly Parra Ordoñez, Verónica Alexandra Guamán Cazho, Walter Oswaldo Valdez Bustamante
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Subjects:	Chanchán basin landscape Andean archeological landscape pre-Hispanic agroecological legacies Andean ancient agroecology Joyagzhí terraces
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/1/192