Unraveling another Mayan mystery

Reference Type Magazine Article
Year of Publication
1987
Contributors Author: Allan Chen
Magazine
Discover
Pagination
40-49
Date Published
06/1987
Language
English
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Q1.D53
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Abstract
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.
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0274-7529