Agricultural Land Use and Intensification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23565739 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vernon L Scarborough (0000-0002-1246-7770, University of Cincinnati, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 541-551 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195390933.013.0038 |
| OpenAlex | W2625732991 |
| ISBN | 9780195390933 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 37 |
Agricultural intensification is the process whereby land-use activity is heightened through an increase in production on a plot. Production can be stimulated by an increase in the amount or kind of labor invested, the incorporation of crops that yield more food or fiber, or the use of a novel technology. In Mesoamerica, few “technological breakthroughs” precipitated change, rather the developmental trajectory for intensification was based on labor allocation and slow advances in the amount of food potentially harvested by an evolving process of plant domestication—principally maize. This article discusses agricultural intensification in West Mexico, Central Highland Mexico, the Valley of Oaxaca, and the Maya lowlands.
Agricultural economics · Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · Agroforestry · Archaeology · Biology · Domestication · Economics · Food processing · Geography · Mesoamerica · Political science · Production (economics) · Yield (engineering) · Ecology · Environmental Science · Latin American rural development · Regional Development and Innovation
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| Citations per year | 0.18 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |