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mayans also grew beans, squash, avocados, pears, sweet potato's, guava, chili peppers, papayas and tomatoes. Mayans used a farming technique called milpa,also known as the slash and burn technique.the Mayans would burn down the land that was covered and the cut down the remaining foliage. This technique posed a problem because the land wouldn't last very long. The Mayans cycled through different areas to keep a stable farming.
Food. 1  Agriculture of the nations came originally from other cultures. 2500 years ago- Mayans in Mexico planted corn, beans, squash, pumpkins and melons . 1000 years ago- Process moved north, tribes localized their crop. 1000 years ago- the Iroquois-language nations adapted the process of agriculture. Eastern Woodland Farmers grew the three sisters: Corn, Bean and Squash. Crop fields were cleared by slashing and burning the trees. The crop grew in circular fields, up to 12,000 acres in area, a few hundred feet away from the village. Women managed the fields; as symbols of fertility they brought good luck to the harvest.