Irrigation Horticulture In Highland Guatemala

The Tablon System Of Panajachel

Kent Mathewson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2019
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-367-02036-1 (ISBN)

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This book examines the Tablón system, a type of irrigated, raised-bed horticulture found in the present-day village of Panajachel in Guatemala.

New evidence that the ancient Mayas practiced intensive, often irrigated, agriculture on a massive scale has forced revision in current thinking about that civilization. Yet, little study has focused on the heirs of this agricultural tradition; in areas of highland Guatemala, Mayan farmers today carry on forms of intensive, irrigated horticulture t

Kent Mathewson is currently a Ph.D. candidate with the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Previous appointments have included teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University, the Instituto Geográfico Militar, Quito, and the Escuela Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Westview Replica Editions -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Site -- Cultural Characteristics -- Origins of Tablón Culture -- Material Culture -- Crops -- The Tablón Process -- Irrigation -- Other Economic Pursuits -- Conclusions -- Appendix A -- Appendix B

Erscheinungsdatum	29.04.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	560 g
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-367-02036-X / 036702036X
ISBN-13	978-0-367-02036-1 / 9780367020361
Zustand	Neuware