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| To produce enough food to support their population, the Aztec constructed chinampas, or raised garden beds, in swampland and shallow water. The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán was built on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco (which later dried up and is now the site of Mexico City), limiting the amount of available dry farmland. This 16th-century painting depicts farmers making a chinampa by laying cut sod on top of a frame of wood and reeds. | ||||||
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| Native Americans of Middle and South America; Tenochtitlán; Aztec Empire | ||||||
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