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Research Interests: Geography, Archaeology, Art, Irrigation, Water resources, and 4 moreAdministration, Colonial Period, Pérou, and Conquest
The Chicama Valley is an extremely arid region, irrigated by its eponymous river that forms an oasis. From the eleventh century AD, the Chimu culture developed the irrigation system, extending the limits of this oasis. After the Inca... more
The Chicama Valley is an extremely arid region, irrigated by its eponymous river that forms an oasis. From the eleventh century AD, the Chimu culture developed the irrigation system, extending the limits of this oasis. After the Inca conquest ca. 1470 AD, and especially in 1532 AD with the arrival of the Spaniards, many upheavals (demographic collapse and abandonment of canals) transformed the landscape of the valley. From then on, the exploitation of the Chicama Valley changed dramatically. This raises the question of the management of this oasis by the Chimu, by the Incas and then by the Spaniards. What were the economic policies of land use and allocation of water resources during these three periods? The combination of archaeological data and ethnohistorical information from colonial archives provides an understanding of the processes of economic transformation of this oasis, between the eleventh and seventeenth centuries AD.
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Les societes andines ont ete confrontees et continuent a etre confrontees a diverses crises comme le phenomene El Nino, les tremblements de terre, les changements de pouvoir, les crises economiques, les migrations, les modifications du... more
Les societes andines ont ete confrontees et continuent a etre confrontees a diverses crises comme le phenomene El Nino, les tremblements de terre, les changements de pouvoir, les crises economiques, les migrations, les modifications du territoire et des frontieres. Qu’elles soient climatiques, sociales, politiques ou economiques, temporaires, cycliques ou de plus longue duree, les crises ont genere differents types de reactions chez les populations anciennes et modernes. Les themes centraux de ce livre sont les dynamiques territoriales, les frontieres et les mobilites dans les Andes, themes intemporels qui ont connu vraisemblablement des processus et des solutions communes et/ou totalement differents en fonction des periodes et des aires culturelles. Ce volume reunit 10 articles qui sont le prolongement de communications presentees lors d’une table ronde europeenne qui s’est tenue a Paris en 2013. Les trois approches – spatiale, diachroniques et pluridisplinaire – constituent l’orig...
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The Chicama Valley is an extremely arid region, irrigated by its eponymous river which forms an oasis. From the 11th century AD, the Chimu culture has developed an extensive irrigation system, pushing the limits of this oasis in an area... more
The Chicama Valley is an extremely arid region, irrigated by its eponymous river which forms an oasis. From the 11th century AD, the Chimu culture has developed an extensive irrigation system, pushing the limits of this oasis in an area never equaled. After the Inca conquest of the region around 1470 AD, and especially in 1532 AD with the arrival of the Spaniards, many upheavals (depopulation and abandonment of channels) have transformed the landscape of the valley. From then on, the Chicama Valley is integrated into a network of international trade that influenced the operating practices, until today. This raises the question of the management of this oasis by the Chimu, and then by the Spaniards. What were the economic land use and allocation of water resources policies? The crossing of archaeological data and ethnohistorical information from colonial archives allows us to understand the processes of economic transformation of this oasis, between the 11th and the 17th centuries.
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Water is a precious resource in dry environments, and it gains a particular magnitude for many ancient cultures of the past. They elaborated various strategies to acquire and to manage water resources. The challenges related to water... more
Water is a precious resource in dry environments, and it gains a particular magnitude for many ancient cultures of the past. They elaborated various strategies to acquire and to manage water resources. The challenges related to water control could have contributed to technologic innovations, social complexity or bred conflicts. This situation was similar in the Chicama valley, in Peru, where water was essential for the development of the Chimú culture (900-1470 A.D.). First, we present the geographical context of the north coast and the Chimu culture,