chinampa

Examples of chinampa in the following topics:

• The Aztec People

  • These raised beds were called chinampas.

• Architecture of the Aztecs

  • Surrounding the city and floating on the shallow flats of Lake Texcoco were enormous chinampas—long raised plant beds set upon the shallow lake bottom.

• Meso-American Culture

  • Surrounding the city and floating on the shallow flats of Lake Texcoco were enormous chinampas—floating garden beds that fed the many thousands of residents of Tenochtitlan.