The most advanced agricultural tool known in the New World before the coming of the Europeans was the Andian footplough(1). Also known as the chaquitaclla or simply taccla, it evolved from the digging stick and combined three advantages: metal point, curved handle, and footrest.

La chaquitaclla conocida también como tirapie o arado de pie, fue uno de los instrumentos de labranza más importantes del mundo andino. Según fuentes arqueológicas, la chaquitaclla es un instrumento antiquísimo, que data incluso de los inicios de la agricultura en América.

…of foot plow called the chaquitaclla. Highland soils also were improved by constructing long earthen irrigation canals or (in the Central Andes) some of the world’s most elaborate and beautiful stone-walled terracing.

The most advanced agricultural tool known in the New World before the coming of the Europeans was the Andean footplough, also known as the Chakitaqlla or simply taklla. It evolved from the digging stick and combined three advantages: metal point, curved handle, and footrest. [4] .

Apr 8, 2023 · La chaquitaclla floreció durante el Tahuantinsuyo. En esa época se convirtió en una herramienta indispensable para la agricultura. Conoce el origen y significado de este objeto que aún es...

This visualization conveys the importance and utility of the chaquitaclla in the past, when no draft animals existed in the Andes, and today, when some Andean farmers still choose to use the chaquitaclla.

Dec 1, 1992 · chaquitaclla fue considerada como un invento de la época incaica, por lo tanto tardía y bastante

Las chacras son espacios agrícolas familiares que permiten la seguridad y soberanía alimentaria, la conservación de la diversidad biológica y genética, y la materialización de saberes indígenas tradicionales propios de la cultura kichwa.

The chaquitaclla (1) (pronounced tcha-ki-tak-li-ja) is a typical agricultural implement in the Andes mountains of southern Peru and northern Bolivia. The men use them to work fallow soil by tilting the clods - as with the Spanish Laya, after which the women pow the potato tubers by hand (2).

This document summarizes the history and use of the chaquitaclla, the indigenous footplough of the Andes. It evolved from the digging stick and utilized pressure from the foot, making it more advanced than other American farming tools pre-Columbian.