'''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]]. |