Paso de Cortés and Popocatépetl (2)


Source: Photographs by WTL© (2009) on site in the Paso de Cortés, Puebla, México.
Image: Here you see Popocatépetl in the background above a settlement on the outskirts of Cholula, Puebla, México. The photo was snapped while my driver and his son were driving me along this dirt and rock road (heading to the right) we headed up to the pass by keeping this peak to our left.
Humanities question: What is the crop growing in the lower right of this photo? What is this crops relationship to Latin American humanities, both pre- and post-conquest?