COCTACA. AGRICULTURAL DYNAMICS UNDER INKA DOMINION

The existence of large pre-Hispanic agricultural areas in Coctaca early captured the attention of archaeologists, being considered one of the main references of native agriculture. New studies indicate that, with the establishment of the Inkas in the region, a dynamic of net intensification of agricultural production took place in Coctaca, in which pre-existing cultivation areas were readapted and new ones were created, on an area of approximately 450 ha. In this agricultural system, the detailed use of water resources and the mitigation of environmental constraints are particularly noteworthy. Regardless of agriculture, the colossal investment in this productive development turns Coctaca into one of the greatest and most evident manifestations of the power of the Inka State in this part of the Andes.