Ken Wright and his coauthors report the results of their exhaustive investigation into the surveying work underlying the unusual Inca site of Moray, as well as the engineered systems for collecting and delivering water.
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| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cover |
| 8 | Contents |
| 10 | Maps |
| 11 | In Memoriam: Alfredo Valencia Zegarra |
| 12 | Preface |
| 13 | Acknowledgments |
| 16 | Chapter 1 Discovering Moray |
| 18 | The First Glimpse of Moray |
| 19 | Geographic Setting |
| 20 | Engineering Features |
| 23 | Geology |
| 24 | Climate |
| 25 | Vegetation and Soils |
| 26 | Who Build Moray? |
| 30 | Chapter 2 Civil Engineering Planning |
| 31 | Planning |
| 33 | Design Challenges |
| 35 | Calendrics and Religious Stones |
| 36 | Water Control Planning |
| 38 | Chapter 3 Inca Technology Design Standards |
| 39 | Measuring System Mathematics |
| 40 | Use of Models |
| 42 | Circular Reasoning |
| 44 | Chapter 4 Hydrology A Product of Water and Geology |
| 45 | Paleohydrologic Evidence |
| 46 | Hydrogeologic Drainage Basin and Yield |
| 48 | Lag Time Spring Locations |
| 50 | Temperature and Precipitation Spring Flow Measurements Water Quality |
| 51 | Constituents Tested Water Quality Analysis |
| 53 | Paleohydrology |
| 56 | Chapter 5 Hydraulic Engineering Canal Design |
| 58 | Reservoirs |
| 60 | Drop Structures |
| 62 | Water Handling |
| 63 | Muyu Subsurface Drainage |
| 65 | The Aqueduct? |
| 66 | Inca Canal System |
| 67 | Hydraulic Field Evidence |
| 68 | Drawing Conclusions |
| 72 | Chapter 6 Construction Engineering |
| 73 | Site Preparation |
| 74 | Quechuyoc Muyu (A) |
| 78 | Landslide and Drainage Conduit |
| 82 | Terrace 8 Building Simamuyu (B) |
| 84 | Intiwatana Muyu (C) |
| 85 | Kuichi Muyu (D) |
| 87 | Calli Calliyoq (E) |
| 91 | Aqueduct Intiwatana Pata (F) |
| 93 | Ceremonial Platform (G) |
| 94 | Pre-Inca Construction at Muyu A? |
| 97 | Monumental Effort |
| 102 | Chapter 7 Agriculture |
| 103 | Early Hypothesis |
| 106 | Irrigable Area Soils |
| 107 | Irrigation Requirements |
| 108 | Yield of Maize Conclusions on Agriculture |
| 110 | Chapter 8 The Moray Agricultural Research Station Theory |
| 111 | Long-Held Agricultural Research Station Theory Genesis of the Agricultural Research Station Theory |
| 112 | Soil Temperatures at Moray |
| 113 | Winter Solstice 1976 |
| 114 | Annual Soil Temperatures 1976 |
| 116 | Hourly Soil Temperatures, Zenith Solar Transit, 1976 |
| 118 | Summary of Temperature Variations |
| 119 | What Have Others Said? |
| 125 | Why Moray Was Not an Agricultural Research Station |
| 128 | Chapter 9 Carved Rocks at Moray |
| 129 | Iconographic Rock |
| 131 | Machuera Rock Pacchac Carved Rocks |
| 135 | Two Princess Rocks |
| 137 | Other Rocks Why Rocks Matter |
| 140 | Chapter 10 Nearby Inca Communities |
| 141 | Misminay |
| 143 | Maras |
| 145 | Chinchero |
| 148 | Salineras de Maras |
| 149 | Gracious Communities |
| 152 | Chapter 11 Conclusions in a Nutshell |
| 158 | Chapter 12 The Inca Empire and Its Environment |
| 164 | Peru before the Incas |
| 167 | Cultural Chronology in the Andes |
| 168 | Inca History |
| 170 | Aspects of the Inca State and Inca Culture that Illuminate the Moray Site |
| 180 | Chapter 13 A Walking Tour of Moray |
| 183 | Ceremonial Platform G |
| 186 | Muyu A |
| 191 | The Aqueduct, the Linear Terraces E, and Muyu D |
| 193 | The Iconographic Rock |
| 194 | Muyu B |
| 196 | Muyu C |
| 198 | The Ceremonial Buildings Area F |
| 200 | Side Trip: Machuera Rock Side Trip: The Water Works |
| 203 | Side Trip: Green Lake Muyu |
| 204 | Side Trip: Pacchac Carved Rocks |
| 206 | Side Trip: Village of Maras Side Trip: Salineras de Maras (Salinas) |
| 210 | References |
| 212 | Image Credits |
| 218 | Index A B C |
| 219 | D E F G H |
| 220 | I J K L |
| 221 | M |
| 222 | N O P Q R |
| 223 | S T U V |
| 224 | W Y Z |
| 226 | About the Authors |
