Which mechanism enabled sufficient maize production despite Lake Texcoco's salinity for the Aztec Triple Alliance?

💡 Explanation

Chinampa agriculture leveraged 'raised-bed filtration', where sediments naturally filtered out salts, therefore enabling maize cultivation because fresh water accessed by the roots leached the toxic salts; this is rather than attempting broad field treatment.

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