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.