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Answer 1

People in the early Tehuacan Valley lived gathering. They were hunter-gatherers. They hunted animals for food and cultivated their food especially maize.

Explanation:

• The Tehuacan culture belongs to 5000 BCE – 2300 BCE. It is located in the southeast of Puebla which belongs to Central Mexico.
• Maize was first domesticated by these people. Maize domination was high during in this culture. Many dams and canals have been built by the people to collect water for maize cultivation.
• This made the people make their settlements in this Tehuacan valley. "Cradle of Maize" is the other name for Tehuacan valley. It is because the maize was first domesticated here.