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Agricultura (Pedro Murillo) ·

Mayan agriculture

Agriculture has formed the basis of the Mayan economy since pre-Columbian time. The Mayans also grew cotton, beans, sweet potatoes, yucca, and cacao. As a change, they used cocoa beans and copper bells, a material that was also used for ornamental work, like gold, silver, jade, sea shells and colored feathers. The Mayans used the "Milpa", which is the designated name for the land where corn The Mayans had a very strict diet based on many proteins, such as the basic products of: •Beans •Corn • animal meat •Fish • other products derived from the sea ·

Aztec agriculture

The basic crops of the Aztecs were corn, beans, squash, chili, cotton, cocoa and tomato. The food of the Aztec people was corn, which could be stored for the years To build a chinampa, rows of trees and shrubs were first placed in the water in large rectangular areas. The different species of corn and other plant products were planted there....