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Hierve el Agua, Mexico: Its Water and Its Corn-Growing Potential

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William Paxton Hewitt
William Paxton Hewitt*
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Apartado Postal 552, 68000 Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Abstract

Este informe discute intentos iniciales por cultivar maíz con el uso de agua procedente de Hierve el Agua, y también evalúa los análisis de agua y los datos palinológicos disponibles en las terrazas de dicho sitio. La discusión se extiende también a la toxicidad de boro en el sitio, así como al origen de los minerales disueltos en el agua. Urge cooperación entre instituciones de México y en los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica con el motivo de experimentar con el cultivo de plantas en Hierve el Agua.

This report discusses initial attempts to grow corn with Hierve el Agua water and evaluates water analyses and available data pertaining to pollen in Hierve el Agua terraces. The discussion also extends to the toxicity of boron at the site, and the source of the site's dissolved mineral lode. Cooperation between institutions in Mexico and the United States in experiments with crop production at Hierve el Agua is urged.

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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 1994 , pp. 177 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1994

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