@article{de665ddd6229466e8d0d50ec5d79d4f0,
title = "Aztec- period agricultural terraces in morelos, mexico: Evidence for household-level agricultural intensification",
abstract = "Excavation of Aztec-period agricultural features at the sites of Capilco and Cuexcomate in Morelos) Mexico) provides new data on the construction) function) and significance of agricultural terraces in Late Post classic central Mexico. Stratigraphic and chemical analyses of alluvial deposits associated with cross-channel terraces ((check-dams) reveal that these features served an agricultural function. Terrace walls were built gradually in small increments) and associated sediments were created by alluvial deposition of eroding topsoil. These findings) together with demographic and social data from nearby excavated houses) suggest that Late Post classic agricultural intensification was a household-level response to population pressure.",
author = "Smith, {Michael E.} and {Jeffrey Price}, T.",
note = "Funding Information: The Postclassic Morelos Archaeological Project was supported by the National Science Foundation (grants BNS-8507466 and BNS-8804163) and Loyola University of Chicago. Permits for fieldwork and the export of soil samples were granted by the Instituto N acional de Antro-pologia e Historia, Mexico City. We thank Joaquin Garcia-Barcena and Norberto Gonzalez Crespo of the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia for their help with many aspects of the project. Osvaldo Sterpone and Scott O'Mack kindly shared their expertise and unpublished data on the Buenavista Lomas with us, and Kenneth Hirth provided information on his productivity studies of the Xochicalco area. We would like to acknowledge helpful advice and comments on ancient agricultural terracing from Ignacio Delgado, William Doolittle, Jonathon Sandor, and Bill Turner. Clark Erickson and Cynthia Heath-Smith kindly provided comments on a draft of this article, and the suggestions of three anonymous referees were very helpful.",
year = "1994",
doi = "10.1179/009346994791547643",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "21",
pages = "205--219",
journal = "Journal of Field Archaeology",
issn = "0093-4690",
publisher = "Maney Publishing",
number = "2",
}