| 单词 | milpa system |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmilpa system attributive. Designating a method of cultivation involving cyclic burning off, forest re-establishment, and cultivation; slash-and-burn; esp. in milpa system. ΚΠ 1926 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 16 67 This milpa plan of farming. 1936 Nature 26 Dec. 1090/1 The cultivation of maize..is on the milpa system; that is, a plot, after being burned off, is cultivated for two years, when it is allowed to revert to forest conditions, taking about eight to ten years to become completely re-established and ready for burning off again. 1964 Sci. Amer. Nov. 101/1 In Central America the Mayas,..who depended greatly on the milpa system of agriculture, were forced to abandon their cities and move north into Mexico. 1974 Environmental Conservation 1 17/1 This is the so-called ‘slash-and-burn’ or ‘milpa’ system, as practised in the humid tropics. 1994 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 23 190 Although there was a degree of capital investment in some areas that indicates short-fallow (rather than swidden) systems, most specialists now consider such artificial econiches as complementary to..milpa farming. < as lemmas |
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