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Chinampa (Nahuatl languages: chināmitl [tʃiˈnaːmitɬ]) is a
technique used in
Mesoamerican agriculture which relies on small,
rectangular areas of fertile...
- to the
artesian springs lining its
south s****. This
allowed extensive chinampa beds to be
cultivated through the
Aztec era.
After the
Spanish conquest...
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Valley of Mexico.
These canals,
along with
artificial islands called chinampas,
attract tourists and
other city
residents to ride on
colorful gondola-like...
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Chinampa de
Gorostiza is a town and its
surrounding muni****lity in the
Mexican state of Veracruz. The muni****lity was
created in 1874 as San Antonio...
- that
lined the
south s**** of the lake, Lake
Xochimilco was the
center of
chinampa agriculture in the
centuries of the pre-Columbian era. This made the region...
- The
Island of the
Dolls (Spanish: La Isla de las Muñecas) is a
chinampa of the
Laguna de
Tequila located in the
channels of Xochimilco,
south of the center...
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Chinampas is a
spoken word
album by avant-garde jazz
pianist Cecil Taylor on
which he
reads his
poetry accompanied by the
sound of bells, tympani, and...
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agricultural base by
expanding the
chinampa system ("floating" gardens)
around the island, and by
capturing lakes****
chinampas from
other cities, particularly...
- the
unfavourable terrain, they set
about building their city,
using the
chinampa system (misnamed as "floating gardens") for
agriculture and to dry and...
- that
chinampa farming began here. Xico was
conquered by the
Aztec Tezozomoc in 1381,
after which groups of
Mexicas settle here
extending the
chinampa farming...
