Irrigation Horticulture In Highland Guatemala: The Tablon System Of Panajachel

Author:   Kent Mathewson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367020361


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   18 April 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Irrigation Horticulture In Highland Guatemala: The Tablon System Of Panajachel


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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

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Author:   Kent Mathewson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367020361


ISBN 10:   036702036
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   18 April 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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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.

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