Josh and Jackie’s Slideshow of Mayan Farming

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What do you think these people are

doing?

They’re farming crops. See the picture below.

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That’s what they’re trying to get from the fields and they’re trying to get the corn.

The Mayas, like others who cultivated the tropical rain forest, practiced cut and burn agriculture. Because growth is so rapid in tropical rain forests, the nutrients provided by dead plants and animal droppings get used up very quickly.  Rain forest soil is not fertile ground for growing crops.

So Hard!

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SLASH AND BURN FARMING METHOD

In the slash and burn method the farmers first cut down the trees

which was the slash part. Next they burned the tree stump and then

burnt the tree that they cut down.

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The "Milpa" system is a traditional intercropping system of corn, lima bean, common bean, and squash.

THE MILPA SYSTEM

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Terrace FarmingThe

mayan people made

giant like stairs but

for farming so the water wouldn’t wipe out

all the crops.

Since ancient times, farmers have built terraces to shore up a hillside, creating several levels of farms. In a small, seemingly inhospitable place, they can grow the crops they need to grow to survive.

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The pictureto the left is a close up picture of The farming

methodTerrace Farming

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CHOCOLATEJust as you drink chocolate milk and hot chocolate,

they too drank chocolate in many forms...from a frothy drink to a pulpy mush.

The Mayans referred to chocolate as “THE DRINK OF THE GOD”

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Ways of Mayan corn preparing

After harvesting, the Mayans soaked kernels in a solution of water and lime, thereby removing the casings from each kernel.

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They hunted food too, not just farmed crops. They went out into the woods with their sons and hunted for other food such as deer, rabbit, turkey and bear.

Game

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THE END

That’s all folks

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Bibliography

http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/frameset/civilizations/maya/daily/index.html

http://www.mayankids.com/mmkpeople/foods.htm

http://mayas.mrdonn.org/farmers.html

http://5jc.wikispaces.com/Mayan+food+and+cooking

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