PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArt@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months agoAztec floating garden diagramimagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11
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minus-squareMastemalinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoI’m familiar with chinampas, but have never seen a cutaway showing the floating. How is that done? Gases from the breakdown of biological matter?
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoIt’s not quite floating, despite the name. I’m not an expert, but I’m given to understand that water passes through parts, but there is a superstructure provided by the underwater fencing and plant roots that anchors it to the lakebed.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoI guess the reeds in the “mud and reed mat” must be pretty buoyant.
I’m familiar with chinampas, but have never seen a cutaway showing the floating. How is that done? Gases from the breakdown of biological matter?
It’s not quite floating, despite the name. I’m not an expert, but I’m given to understand that water passes through parts, but there is a superstructure provided by the underwater fencing and plant roots that anchors it to the lakebed.
I guess the reeds in the “mud and reed mat” must be pretty buoyant.