Kaanche - Kaanche

Japanese: カアンチェ - かあんちぇ
Kaanche - Kaanche

… The economic foundation of Maya culture was agriculture, which is common to other Mesoamerican cultures, but data is emerging that suggests that in addition to slash-and-burn agriculture, as was previously thought, large-scale irrigation agriculture was also practiced. The irrigation agriculture method known as caanche, which is still practiced today in the Yucatan Peninsula and central region, and the large waterway network in the lowlands of northern Belize, discovered through satellite images, make it highly likely that the economic foundation of Maya culture was large-scale intensive agriculture. [Oi Kuniaki] …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kaanche" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… マヤ文化の経済的基盤が農耕であったことはメソアメリカの他の文化に共通するが,従来考えられた焼畑農耕ばかりでなく,大規模な灌漑農耕も行われたと思われるデータが出はじめた。現在もユカタン半島や中央部一帯で行われているカアンチェと呼ばれる灌漑農法や,人工衛星からの写真によって発見されたベリーズ北部の低湿地の大水路網などから,マヤ文化の経済的基礎が,大規模な集約農耕によっていた可能性が大きくなった。【大井 邦明】。…

※「カアンチェ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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