I find the history of agriculture in North America so interesting, here’s one of the reasons why. This is a chinampa, they were shallow lake bed gardens used by the Aztecs for farming. Their proportions allowed for optimal moisture retention for crops.
by Flora46Bailey
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I love early irrigation systems especially the Mayan’s and the Chinese who were using channel systems, underground canals, levee systems, damns, seasonal ponds, gravity fed systems…some one stop me from blabbering on!
We still haven’t really caught up to the Aztec’s level of aquaculture. Apparently modern aquaculture (raising tilapia and having things flow downstream) is still REALLY fragile compared to how robust the Chinampa’s were.
So was this naturally wetlands that they built up to plant in, or was the land here first and they brought water in? So cool!
i used to do this in minecraft
I know this is not the sub, but chinampas remind me of the island of the dead dolls in mexico city.
Makes you think what became of the original constructions. They’re still used for farming though.
I love that Ontario classifies the Blue Camas flower as regionally endangered – it’s only found in a few remote pockets on Manitoulin Island.
The truth is that it was never a native plant in Ontario. It’s a western plant that was brought to the great lakes area as a food crop, and the Camas populations on Manitoulin are just plants that escaped from people’s gardens when there was more first nations agriculture active on the site
People in CdMx still doing tha[way](https://sedema.cdmx.gob.mx/comunicacion/nota/destina-gcdmx-14-mdp-para-resarcir-danos-en-zona-chinampera-de-xochimilco)
Wow. This is absolutely beautiful! I understand it also has function but I *wish* we had gardens and farms like this near me.
Wasn’t it concluded that systems like this caused the decimation of their societies?
if the channels were deep enough it would probably stop many type of animals from ravaging crops as well?
this is neat and all but depicts monoculture, when we know they used synergistic methods like the 3 sisters.