Photos: Jeanette Jones		PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND DIET he topography of Central America is marked by volcanic mountain chains and dramatic physical contrasts which include savannas, swamps, fertile strips along the Pacific, and several kinds of forestùrain, cloud, deciduous, and palm. The tropical climate of much of Central America enabled ancient peoples to cultivate maize, tubers such as manioc, cacao, beans, sweet potatoes, calabashes, pineapples, and peanuts. Fishing was a main source of protein as both ocean coasts were always within a two-day walk. Diet was further supplemented by harvesting wild fruits, hunting, and domesticating animals.				Physical Religious Artistic Economic Social