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Photos Below:  Elevated Mayan garden to prevent wild pigs from eating the harvest, and a handy Indios fruit picker.

Mayan elevated gardens are a necessary effort to prevent pigs, that escaped from Spanish ships, went feral and began ravaging traditional food crops.  (More elevated gardens).   Mexican oregano is the plant in the garden. Below is a Cuernavacan fruit picker.    (Traditional Technology Index)
Split cane fruit picker.  How does it work?  Check it out.

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Abacus.
Baskets
Boats.
Fruit picker.
Garden of the year.
Garden protection from deer.
Garden protection: Hanging gardens.
Granary:  Grain storage and drying.
Ice Cream maker.
Irrigation 
Kitchens
Organic Gardening.
Points,  Axe heads
Pulque Extractor.
Rope and Cloth thread from sisal.
Shelter Index
Water driven machines.
Wooden buckets