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Via@, 2021 This article discusses the heritage producing machine where transnational cultural routes are concerned, and specifically in the light of the heritage narratives established at different scales by those involved in heritage development.
Elodie Salin
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Long-Term Effects of the Inca Road [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 The Inca Empire was the last of a long series of highly developed cultures in pre-colonial South America. It stretched across parts of the current territories of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and the whole of Peru. The Inca Road was its 30,000-kilometer-long transportation system. The aim of this study is to identify its long-term impact
Ana Paula Franco +2 more
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Comparative analysis between the use of Sodium Chloride and Portland Cement in the stabilization of clay soils on the road linking the areas of the populated centers of Miraflores and Shultin, Baños del Inca district, city of Cajamarca. [PDF]
Proceedings of the 21th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology (LACCEI 2023): “Leadership in Education and Innovation in Engineering in the Framework of Global Transformations: Integration and Alliances for Integral Development”, 2023 – Worldwide, there are deficiencies in the quality of soils, so the search for materials that function as stabilizing additives arises. This research work presents the analysis and comparison of the influence of Portland Cement type I and Sodium Chloride
Carlos Arberto Sarabia Orihuela +6 more
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Rethinking imperial infrastructure: A bottom-up perspective on the Inca Road [PDF]
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2016 Abstract The Inca road has been the iconic example of imperial infrastructure in the prehispanic Andes. However, scholarly attention to its role in expanding and consolidating the Inca domain has overshadowed analysis of how locals may have appropriated the Inca road for their own private benefit. Based on a full-coverage survey and excavations, this
Francísco Garrido
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Beyond Inca roads: the Redes Andinas project explores complex palimpsests of Andean road networks [PDF]
AntiquityAbstractThe Redes Andinas (Andean Networks) project assesses the complexity of ancient road networks in the archaeological record in the Andes, beyond the Inca roads system. A multiscale methodological approach allows us to characterise the transformation and resilience of the road networks over the past millennium, in the context of the 18°South ...
Thibault Saintenoy
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Oral Tradition Of Senior Adults On The Road Of The Inca- Qhapacanñan: a contribution to the sustainable tourism of the Carchi-Ecuador [PDF]
International Journal of Professional Business Review, 2019 The present research is a contribution to the quality of life of the communities of the province of Carchi-Ecuador, immersed in the Qhapaq Ñan, or Camino del Inka. This historical route is a national priority for tourist-cultural and scientific development, being declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The objectives that guided the research were: (a)
Lomas Tapia, Kennedy Rolando +2 more
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Center of territorial domains and the network of the inca road - Qhapaq Ñan, in the province of Tumbes - Peru [PDF]
3C Tecnología_Glosas de innovación aplicadas a la pyme, 2021 Ruben Martinez Cabrera +3 more
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IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 2015 The improvement of risk management standards within the field of road safety has been one of the central goals of the EU funded project INCA (Integrated Nowcasting Through Comprehensive Analysis) Central Europe – Integrated Nowcasting system for the Central European area.
Alexander Kann +10 more
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Beyond Inca roads: archaeological mobilities from the high Andes to the Pacific in southern Peru
Antiquity, 2022 The Andes offers a particularly effective focus for an archaeology of mobility because their extreme topography compresses enormous vertical resource diversity across short horizontal distances. In this article, the authors combine findings from two large-scale archaeological studies of adjacent watersheds—the Nasca-Palpa Project and One River Project ...
David G. Beresford-Jones +12 more
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INCA-CE: a Central European initiative in nowcasting severe weather and its applications [PDF]
Advances in Science and Research, 2012 The INCA-CE (Integrated Nowcasting through Comprehensive Analysis – Central Europe) project aims at implementing a transnational weather information system as well as applications for different socio-economic sectors to reduce risks of major ...
A. Kann, G. Pistotnik, B. Bica
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