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GUTIERREZ RUVALCABA, Ignacio. The Agricultural Terraces of Sauz Sabino, Hidalgo: 1850-2015. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2017, vol.38, n.152, pp.35-65. ISSN 2448-7554.  https://doi.org/10.24901/rehs.v38i152.354.

This article presents the results of a research project that reveals how a group of peasants from the ejidos of Sauz Sabino, municipality of Atotonilco el Grande, state of Hidalgo, perform different activities in order to produce the minimum necessary sustenance through the construction of agricultural terraces. The inhospitable conditions of the lands that these ejidos occupy have made terraces on ravines and hillsides their only option for cultivating corn. Interestingly, this process finds them rescuing techniques used long ago by their ancestors that reflect the social changes triggered by Mexico’s Agrarian Reform programs implemented in the last century.

Palavras-chave : agricultural terraces; soil formation; water wells; agrarian reform.