Respuesta :

During the horticultural age land was burned after the crops were harvested to give back the nutrients and stuff

Answer:

Slash and burn agriculture is practice for clearing the thick vegetation to male the land for cultivating.

Explanation:

Slash and burn agriculture is widely used in forested land to clear plants for the cultivation of crops. This method of agriculture is generally practiced by tribal people for subsistence farming in regions of northern South America, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia. It is often functioned in areas where open land for farming is not accessible because of thick vegetation. Historically Mayans were advance in agriculture, use a method called slash and burn agriculture before planting crops.