
History
Articles
How to Feed a Megacity Like the Aztecs
The chinampas that nourished Tenochtitlan may hold the key to better urban gardens.
By Reina Gattuso
Books
Chinampas: Their Role in Aztec Empire - Building & Expansion an Academic Research
By Alfred Aghajanian
Chinampa Agricultural system, employed by Aztecs as the main form of agricultural system, has been shown as one of the most important variables in settlement of the nomadic Aztec tribes, expansion of the tribes, the Aztec state formation, and ultimately in Aztec empire-building and its expansion.