Tipon: Water Engineering Masterpiece of the Inca Empire

by Kenneth R. Wright, Gordon F. McEwan, Ruth M. Wright

Tipon: Water Engineering Masterpiece of the Inca Empire reveals the beauty and the ingenuity of this little-known jewel of the Inca Empire. Located down the Huatanay River Valley by the Inca capital of Cusco, Tipon is a 500-acre, self-contained, walled settlement that served as an estate for Inca nobility. This historic agricultural site, which has been farmed and partially irrigated for more than 450 years, is a stunning civil engineering achievement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0784408513
• ISBN13: 9780784408513
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.