The Spaniards, including the clergy of the Catholic Church, seized the communal lands, which the Maya had used from time immemorial for their traditional slash - and - burn method of farming.
كان لدى شعب المايا اراضٍ مشتركة استغلوها منذ اقدم العصور في الزراعة متبعين طريقة القطْع والحرق .‏