Table 1. Characteristics of communities sampled for maize in the highlands of Chiapas in 2000.

Ethnolinguistic group and municipality	Community	Common garden group*	Altitude, m above sea level	No. of households in community†	No. of households sampled for maize	No. of maize samples	Average maize planting, hectares
Tzotzil of Chamula	Los Ranchos	I	2,210	71	24	65	1.2
	Tentic	I	1,980	168	26	56	0.7
	El Crucero	II	2,470	87	26	52	1.5
	Pozuelos	II	2,380	79	36	80	0.8
	Totals				112	253	1.1
Tzeltal of Oxchuc	Pacbilna	III	1,860	117	32	78	1.1
	El Retiro	III	2,150	72	35	59	1.2
	Piedra Escrita	III	1,880	26	24	45	1.1
	Tushaquilja	IV	1,880	165	32	59	1.9
	Rancho del Cura	IV	1,980	137	33	72	1.9
	Totals				156	313	1.5

^*Common garden groups used for analysis (see Table 4).

^†No. of households in community from Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática (22).