
By Anabel Ford, Ronald Nigh
The traditional knowledge says that the devolution of vintage Maya civilization happened simply because its inhabitants grew too huge and dense to be supported by way of primitive neotropical farming equipment, leading to debilitating famines and internecine struggles. utilizing examine on modern Maya farming innovations and critical new archaeological learn, Ford and Nigh refute this Malthusian clarification of occasions in historical important the USA and posit a thorough replacement conception. The authors
•show that historical Maya farmers constructed
•ingenious, sustainable forest ideas to domesticate various nutrition vegetation (including the staple maize);
•examine either modern tropical farming suggestions and the archaeological list (particularly concerning weather) to arrive their conclusions;
•make the argument that those historic ideas, nonetheless in use at the present time, can help major populations over lengthy classes of time.