Similar to most inhabitants of the western hemisphere between 15,000 and 5,000 B.C., Mesoamerican people were hunters and gatherers until the domestication of plants, especially corn, beans, and squash, which provided them with surplus that allowed year-round settlements to thrive. Most historians agree that towns, cities, and other basic cultural attributes associated with civilization emerged form these villages, but the exact nature of the shift to full-time agriculture production remains the subject of considerable debate. The traditional view, based on investigations in Mexico's Tehuacan Valley, is that agriculture first emerged I n the central highlands sometime between 5,000 and 3,000 B.C. as response to the need for stable food sources during a period of severe environmental deterioration. Agriculture spread to the tropical lowlands and ot

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