TY - MGZN
KW - rainforests
KW - raised fields
KW - citrus
KW - cocao
KW - mahogany
KW - slash and burn
KW - Yucatan
KW - pet kot
KW - raman
KW - sapodilla
KW - mamey
KW - sapote
KW - Maya
AU - Allan Chen
AB - It has been thought for some time that he inability of the Maya to feed themselves was the precursor of their downfall. However Arturo Gomez-Pompa, a botanist and conservationist at the University of California at Riverside, has found evidence of raised fields in Maya territory which would have had the ability to support the Maya at their height. This paper contrasts raised field technology with slash-and-burn technology and looks at the advantages of raised fields over both slash and burn and modern agriculture.
AN - 89-00051
BT - Discover
C6 - 0274-7529
CN - Q1.D53
DA - 06/1987
DB - Pennsylvania State University Libraries
LA - English
N2 - It has been thought for some time that he inability of the Maya to feed themselves was the precursor of their downfall. However Arturo Gomez-Pompa, a botanist and conservationist at the University of California at Riverside, has found evidence of raised fields in Maya territory which would have had the ability to support the Maya at their height. This paper contrasts raised field technology with slash-and-burn technology and looks at the advantages of raised fields over both slash and burn and modern agriculture.
PY - 1987
SP - 40
EP - 49
T2 - Discover
TI - Unraveling another Mayan mystery
ER -