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What are chinampas?

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Chinampa is a term describing a method of ancient Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangle-shaped areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico. They are sometimes refered to as floating gardens.

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What is chinampas?
Chinampa is a method of ancient Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangle-shaped areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico. Your welcome...
What is a chinampa?
A chinampa is a floating garden. It was used by the Aztecs. Hope that halps anyone who is asking!!!! thx it does alittle
How were chinampas built?
The Aztecs would take several large mats of floating plants and stack them on top of each other on a mud flat. Canals were then dug round them for drainage. Waste and compost was added on the top....
What are chinampas made of?
soil
Did the Mayans have chinampas?
I think that the Aztec's created the 'floating gardens" or Chinampas. I am 99.9% sure but maybe not. Sorry if I get this question wrong. :)