Geoforms - agricultural formations on the Bolivian Altiplano
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. Some views from Google Earth
Above, geoglyphs or land forms north of Tiwanaku first brought to the public attention by David Flynn.
see report
and
see report 2
And who says Atlantis never existed?
J.M.Allen 5th Nov 2009
Above, oblique view shows the geoglyphs to be artificial land formations used for agricultural purposes.
Above, close-up oblique view.
Above, close-up of some irregular field boundaries.
Above, some irregular field boundaries oblique view.
close-up of more "geoglyphs" or landforms in the same zone south-east of Lake Titicaca.
Above, high resolution close-up oblique view of the "geoglyph"
field patterns, abandoned agricultural formtions.
Above, close-up oblique view.
Above, close-up oblique view shows stream feeding irrigation channels.
Above, close-up oblique view shows stream feeding irrigation channels.
Above, an irrigation canal winds its way along the contours.
Above, the canal winds its way among the "geoglyphs" or ancient agricultural patterns.
Above, close-up of the canal winding its way through the "geoglyphs".
Above, double section of canal amongst the "geoglyphs".
Above, the "geoglyphs" appear ancient and eroded here in this oblique view.
Above, this close-up shows damage and erosion after earthquakes in this oblique view.
Above, close-up oblique view showing remains of ancient terraces with probable earthquake damage.
Above, this irrigation channel follows the contour around the mountains.
Above, still in the zone south-east of Lake Titicaca, some straight canals where the terrain is more suitable.
Above, the two horizontal parallel canals are 1 x furlong or 660 feet or about 200 metres apart
and they form plots of 200 x 250 metres
or 400 x 500 Sumerian cubits. The metre was adopted by the French academy of Sciences
for universal use in 1793, so if these canals are more recent than 1793, they would have been
set out in metres - if they are between the time of the Conquest and 1789 they could have been based on the Spanish
"vara" brought over by the Conquistadors and itself derived from the Sumerian measurements which were used
throughout Europe, however if pre-Columbian,
then they are probably set out in "Sumerian" cubits of 19.8" and woudl prove a pre-Columbian connection between the Americas and the Ancient World.
See Atlantis Stade page for further photos and details.
Above, perfect square allotments 1 stade of 330ft (half-furlong) in the same area.
See atlantis Canals page for further photos
Above, in the same zone south-east of Lake Titicaca, some parallel canals for agriculture, now disused.
Above, close-spaced parallel canals in the same are, now disused.
Above, an example of the "sukakollus", irregular raised fields surrounded by water channels, now disused.
Above, some straight channels appear to have been built over with sukakollus while some of the sukakollus
are being eradicated by imposition of straight channels, hard to tell from the photo which is the later.
Above, sukakollus in region just north of Lake Titicaca.
Above, some parallel canals, now disused, in the region south-west of Lake Titicaca.
See Canals Peru page
contour-like irrigation channel patterns.
See Contours Peru page
Above, in the same zone south-east of Lake Titicaca,
some irregular field boundaries.
Above, some irregular field boundaries, in the region south-west of Lake Titicaca.
Above, some irregular field boundaries, now under water, in the region south-west of Lake Titicaca.
Above, these irregular sand formations IN THE LAKE POOPO AREA NEAR ANDAMARCA
may conceal irregular field boundaries, similar to those seen above in the Titicaca region
Above, oblique view showing irregular formations near Andamarca, Lake Poopo
which may conceal irregular field boundaries, similar to those seen above in the Titicaca region.
Above, oblique view showing irregular formations near Andamarca, Lake Poopo
which may conceal irregular field boundaries, similar to those seen above in the Titicaca region.
Above, oblique view showing old walls now beneath sand dunes on the edge of the Salar de
Coipasa, west of Andamarca, Lake Poopo region.
Above, oblique view showing artificial fish ponds with interconnecting channels near
Pampa Aullagas, Lake Poopo.
Above, landforms north of Oruro.
Above, oblique view of ringed hilltop with eastern half destroyed by earthquakes, sw of Oruro, Lake Poopo zone.
Above, landforms north of Oruro.
Above, fields on mountainside, oblique view near Turco/Carangas, Lake Poopo zone.
Above, oblique view ringed hilltop near Turco, Lake Poopo zone.
Above, oblique view ringed hilltop with earthquake damage near Turco/Carangas, Lake Poopo zone.
Above, close-up oblique view ringed hilltop near Turco/Carangas, Lake Poopo zone.
See also ringed hills page for views of ringed hilltops
Oruro and Tiwanaku/La Paz regions
See also earthquakes page for Oruro and Tiwanaku/La Paz regions
See also Contours Peru page for contour based
irrigation canals on Peruvian side of Altiplano.
See also contours forms/irrigation channels on Bolivian side of Altiplano
See also
canals gallery for views of canals in the Oruro region
See Atlantis Canals
See Atlantis Stade
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