Answer:It is fairly clear that the Mexican highlands were far too dry during the much warmer interval that prevailed from 5000 to 1500 BCE for agriculture to supply more than half of a given population’s energy needs. This was not the case along the alluvial lowlands of southern Mesoamerica, and it is no accident that the best evidence for the earliest permanent villages in Mesoamerica comes from the Pacific littoral of Chiapas (Mexico) and Guatemala, although comparable settlements also have been reported from both the Maya lowlands (Belize) and the Veracruz Gulf coast.
The Barra (c. 1800–1500 BCE), Ocós (1500–1200 BCE), and Cuadros (1100–900 BCE) phases of the Pacific coasts of Chiapas and Guatemala are good examples of early village cultures. The Barra phase appears to have been transitional from earlier preagricultural phases and may not have been primarily dependent upon corn farming; but people of the Ocós and Cuadros phases raised a small-eared corn known as nal-tel, which was ground on metates and manos and cooked in globular jars. From the rich lagoons and estuaries in this area, the villagers obtained shellfish, crabs, fish, and turtles. Their villages were small, with perhaps 10 to 12 thatched-roof houses arranged haphazardly.
Explanation:
It was primarily the "B Maya" who <span>cultivated beans and squash on terraces built into hillsides and on farmland drained from swamps, since they were largely ahead of their time in terms of their advanced civilization. </span>
Rock composition and measuring the seismic waves provide knowledge for the scientists to study the interior of the earth.
Explanation:
When the crust gets distributed it is easy to study the layers of the different materials that got settled and compacted in the earth. Patterns that are formed in the rocks provides to be a good source to know about the earth's crust. rock cores are cylindrical sections which are cut and removed from the earth crust for research purposes.
It is impossible to drill to the center of the earth and so scientists rely on seismic waves and the speed of the seismic waves depends on the material on which it is passing through. The toughness and stiffness obstruct the speed of the waves which is a means for the scientists to undertake research on the substance which hampered the speed of the seismic waves. P-waves, or pressure waves, which go through both liquids and solids, and S-waves, or shear waves which go through solids but not liquids. This provides the best data to undertake research regarding the earth' crust by the scientists.
