Extra credit for social studies.?

Question

How did the mayans grow crops in Mexico?
because the land was in a tropical weather
and apparently when you try planting something
theres too much rain so the seed rots.

Answer 1

Type in Mayan crops in google, there are lots of sites. You could have done that first yourself.

Answer 2

Agree with Cat. Anything will grow in that climate.

My best recollection of my research in Mayan horticulture, without quoting another's words or sources is they were consumate horticulturalists. They observed their land - what needed irrigation, what didn't, where the water would come from, how easiest to get it to areas of need- and applied that knowledge to crop placement, water collection areas and easiest diversion.

Anasazi sites I have visited and "dug" at had beautifully laid out irrigation channels made of logs leading from the collection (of water) source to crop areas down the mountain. The ancients used the liquid dynamics of water to their advantage.

Answer 3

You're mistaken.

Plants grow like weeds in the tropics. Some plants like having "wet feet" (too much water), and others, if they needed well drained soil, they could merely grow on the slopes of hills, rather than on flat bottomland. No biggie.