Zenú canal networks

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ancient irrigation system pre-Columbian hydraulic engineering system raised-field agriculture system

The Zenú canal networks are an extensive pre-Columbian hydraulic engineering system of canals and raised fields built by the Zenú people to manage floods and support agriculture in the Sinú River valley of present-day Colombia.

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Zenú canal systems 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient irrigation system ⓘ
pre-Columbian hydraulic engineering system ⓘ
raised-field agriculture system ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteType landscape-scale modification ⓘ
climateAdaptation seasonal flooding ⓘ
tropical wetland environment ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
creator Zenú people NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentCondition partially buried ⓘ
visible in aerial and satellite imagery ⓘ
endTime early colonial period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Zenú people NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundIn departments of Córdoba, Sucre and Bolívar, Colombia ⓘ
hasPart artificial levees ⓘ
canals ⓘ
causeways ⓘ
drainage ditches ⓘ
embankments ⓘ
raised fields ⓘ
settlement mounds ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized as important pre-Hispanic cultural landscape in Colombia ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean lowlands of Colombia ⓘ
Sinú River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRiver Cauca River floodplains NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Jorge River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sinú River NERFINISHED ⓘ
material clay ⓘ
earth ⓘ
purpose drainage of wetlands ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
irrigation for agriculture ⓘ
soil fertility management ⓘ
support for intensive agriculture ⓘ
water management ⓘ
significance evidence of dense pre-Columbian population in Caribbean lowlands ⓘ
example of complex pre-Hispanic water management ⓘ
important case study in historical ecology ⓘ
startTime approximately 200 BCE ⓘ
studiedBy archaeologists ⓘ
geographers ⓘ
historical ecologists ⓘ
timePeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ
usedBy Zenú people NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
root crop cultivation ⓘ
transportation by canoe ⓘ

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Sinú River valley → hasArchaeologicalSite → Zenú canal networks ⓘ
San Jorge River basin → hasCulturalHeritage → Zenú canal networks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zenú canal systems