Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System' has mentioned 'Construction' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| [2]:242 The construction of the roads required a large expenditure of time and effort. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Extent 1.1 The four routes 2 Purposes of the road 2.1 Transportation 2.2 Trade 2.3 Military 2.4 Religious 3 History 3.1 Inca Empire era 3.2 Colonial era 3.3 Post-colonial and modern times 4 Architecture and engineering of the Inca roads 4.1 Construction and maintenance 4.2 Architectural components 4.2.1 Roadway and pavement 4.2.2 Side walls and stone rows 4.2.3 Furrows 4.2.4 Retaining walls 4.2.5 Drainage 4.2.6 Road marks 4.2.7 Paintings and mock-ups 4.3 Causeways 4.4 Stairways 4.5 Bridges 4.6 Tunnel 4.7 Equipment 5 Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 Bibliography 10 Further reading 11 External links | WIKI |
| Only about 25 percent of this network is still visible today, the rest having been destroyed by wars (conquest, uprising, independence or between nations), the change in the economic model which involved abandoning large areas of territory, and finally the construction of modern infrastructure, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which led to the superposition of new communication channels in the outline of pre-Hispanic roads. | WIKI |
| The high altitude shrines were directly related to the cult of Nature and specifically to the mountains, typical of the Inca society, which the Incas formalized by the construction of religious structures on the mountain peaks. | WIKI |
| The construction of modern roads and railways was adapted to this logic. | WIKI |
| Construction and maintenance[edit] | WIKI |
| The manpower required for both construction and maintenance was obtained through the mita: a sort of tax work, provided to the state by the conquered people, by which the Inca Empire produced the required goods and performed the necessary services, which included the upkeep of roads and their relevant infrastructures (bridges, tambos, warehouses, etc.). | WIKI |
| Hyslop[10] noted that there was no road construction standard, because the roads were set in such varied environments and landscapes. | WIKI |
| On the coast and in the mountains, the availability of construction materials such as stone and mud for preparing adobes allowed to build walls on both sides of the road, to isolate it from agricultural land so that the walkers and caravans traveled without affecting the crops. | WIKI |
| Although it is not strictly a construction element used to delimit the edges of the road, there are cases in which furrows delimit the road on both sides. | WIKI |
| The construction of bridges was accomplished by the help of many workers. | WIKI |
| [2]:310 For simple log bridges, the construction was done by placing a series of logs over projecting canes. | WIKI |
| Rope bridges had to be replaced about every two years: to this end, the communities around the river crossing were commanded into a mita for the construction of the new bridge, while the old bridge was cut and let fall into the river. | WIKI |
| It demonstrates mastery in engineering technology used to resolved myriad problems posed by the Andes variable landscape by means of variable road construction technologies, bridges, stairs, ditches and cobblestone pavings. | UNESCO |
| Several elements illustrate characteristic typologies in terms of walls, roads, steps, roadside ditches, sewage pipes, drains, etc., with construction methods unique to the Qhapaq xc3x91an while varying according to location and regional context. | UNESCO |