Lecture 25: conclusion

define “amphibious”

city designed to work or coexist with water

what are the architectural system/urban planning designed around water? (3)

• mounds (avoid being flooded)

• houses of stilts

• used of canals

define “chinampas”

artificial islands created with swamps and lagoons

what was the purpose of chinampas?

agricultral: feed water and nutrients to plants 

chinampas produced a lot of food, too much for Xochimilco alone. what did we do with the surplus?

exportation to Tenochtitlan or Tlatelolco 

how were chinampas built?

• people would come with canoes and use wooden rods to determine the sections that were less deep

• they would create dense layers of vegetation on the rods to create a solid base

• they would add mud and stopped when the island was 30cm off water

• would use plants and willows for their roots

• boom voilà, agriculture on there every year

in Butuan, how did people move between the Philippines islands?

with wooden boats made out of planks that moved really fast