A Favored PlaceThe wetlands of the San Juan Basin in Central Veracruz, Mexico, have been a favored place since the fifth century A. D., when Prehispanic people built an extensive network of canals and raised fields that allowed for almost year round agriculture. Alfred Siemens' discovery of the remains of this network in the 1970s led him to uncover fifteen centuries of land use history in the region. This book contains a full record of his findings. Siemens