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The main crops farmed in ancient Mesoamerica were maize, beans, squash, and chili peppers.
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Cacao was also grown, and the 4,000-year history of chocolate began in ancient Mesoamerica.
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Across central America, various groups of ancient people practiced sophisticated agricultural methods that enabled the land to sustain large populations.
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The Maya created terraces on steep hillsides, where small fields were planted and held with a retaining wall.
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The Aztecs invented ‘floating gardens’, a type of raised field surrounded by water called a Chinampa where crops were planted.
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Mesoamerica Symbolia agriculture