'''Chinampa''' were small plots of man-made land used to grow crops on shallow lakes in Mexico. Chinampa farms first showed up around, AD 1150-1350 and eventually surrounded the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. | '''Chinampa''' were small plots of man-made land used to grow crops on shallow lakes in Mexico. Chinampa farms first showed up around, AD 1150-1350 and eventually surrounded the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. |