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 Farming and Agriculture
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The main activity in Aztec daily life was farming. The people spent continuous hours cultivating the land, and because it was quite infertile to begin with they were always creating new methods to increase their yields. The main methods that they used included irrigation, fertilization, and the building of terraces.
The principle crop of the Aztecs was corn, but they also grew such things as beans, peppers, avocados, and tomatoes. Anthropologists have also determined that the farmers sometimes grew flowers, probably for the purpose of decoration. The Aztecs did not have animals or plows to help them on the land, so farming was a laborious activity throughout their existence.
Upon harvesting their crops the Aztecs did a variety of different things to it. Sometimes they would grind the corn using a stone and a flat plat to make corn meal. The corn meal was then used to make tortillas, which was the principle food of the lower and upper class
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