ANT 1420 Study Activity, 4/23/2024: Mesoamerican Urban Farms
Across
- 1. Flat bottomed boats that navigate canals between chinampas
- 5. Farmers who work on “floating farms”
- 7. District outside modern Mexico City where “floating farms” are still active today
- 8. Recent global crisis that contributed to the resurgence of floating farms in the Basin of Mexico: “Covid-19 _________”
- 9. Underground water catchment features often found in Maya residential platforms
Down
- 2. Willow tree used in the fences that supported Aztec “floating farms”
- 3. Civic ceremonial center of Maya cities with elite residential, regal-ritual, administrative, and public functions, linked by causeways (two words; no space)
- 4. Term used by Eric Thompson to erroneously describe Maya cities: “_________ ceremonial centers”
- 6. A measurable component of the soil that can indicate likely agricultural activity areas at Maya sites
- 7. Late Classic Maya city in Puuc, Yucatan that exemplifies an agro-urban landscape