Wetland agriculture in pre-hispanic Mesoamerica

Auteur :
SIEMENS, A. H.

Description :
Recent investigation of raised fields and canals in various wetlands of lowland Mesoamerica indicates that they were manmade and were used some time in the past to produce a variety of crops. The fields were on the margins of wetlands with repeated, but shallow flooding. The canals provided access, irrigation water, muck for fertilizer, and fish. It is hypothesized that these features played an important role in the subsistence of pre-Columbian lowland people, especially the Maya.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geographical review New York, 1983, vol. 73, n°. 2, p. 166-181, Références bibliographiques : en notes

Date :
1983