Cumbemayo: Topography and hydraulic characteristics of the Inca canal
Keywords:
topography, hydraulics, channelsSynopsis
This book seeks to analyze the hydraulic characteristics of the Inca canals of Cumbemayo, in the Peruvian department of Cajamarca. The abilities of human beings, and especially those who lived in environments of deep need to solve immediate needs, meant that they had to formulate immediate solutions in order to survive, which, in turn, implied the use of skills such as observation, experimentation or even the formulation of belief systems that had a practical application in the description of the immediate world around them.
In this way, it seeks to analyze the concepts of science and, especially, that of practical science to account for the scientific perspective that premodern civilizations could present to solve their immediate needs or to transcend them. In the second part, it is intended to link the use of scientific resources in these populations with the needs they had to supply clean and available water to the majority of the population, in addition to accounting for both the hydraulic innovations that were carried out in America as well as the ritual symbolism associated with water management in these civilizations.
Title registered in the National Repository of Legal Deposit of the Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization and Depatriarchalization of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, under number 4-1-3731-2024, and with ISBN 978-9917-639-21-3 registered in the Chamber from the Book Peace.

