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Settlement patterns and chinampa agriculture at Tenochtitlan
American antiquity • 37 (1) • Published In 1972 • Pages: 104-115
By: Calnek, Edward E..
Abstract
Calnek examined maps and archival sources in Mexico City to begin to reconstruct settlement patterns and [n]chinampa[/n] use at Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, and western Lake Texcoco. Rough estimates of the possible output from the [n]chinampas[/n] indicate that they would have been used as a source of fresh vegetables and could not have supplied enough food to feed the city. Instead, the city would have supported itself through other types of occupational specialization and would have relied on food brought into the city and sold in the two marketplaces.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central Mexico
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Archaeologist
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- Field Date
- 1966-1968 archival research in Mexico City
- Coverage Date
- before 479 BP(before 1521 AD)
- Coverage Place
- Tenochtitlan, Mexico City, Mexico
- Notes
- Edward E. Calnek
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 115)
- LCCN
- 46036122
- LCSH
- Mexico--Antiquities