The Origins of Maya States by Traxler Loa P.;

Author:Traxler, Loa P.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 2)
Published: 2019-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

8.14. Aerial view of the series of elongated, parallel, elevated features in the Bajo Carrizal, found to the southwest of El Mirador. The features appear to have been an ancient chinampa-like system (Photo by E. Hernandez).

The discovery of fields of imported soil, check dams, and artificial terrace constructions suggests that lowland Maya society in the Mirador Basin was supported by intensive agriculture by at least the late Middle Preclassic period if not earlier. The production capabilities of these agricultural features fueled an unprecedented population increase for the Maya lowlands, and furnished the economic surpluses to propel the “aggrandizing” elite into more powerful positions within an even more complex sociopolitical organization that took shape during the succeeding Late Preclassic period.

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