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Pre-Colombian Cities
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Because Aztec Tenochtitlan, today Mexico City, and Inca Cuzco represent the culmination of the two most advanced civilizations encountered by the Spainsh conquistadors, the author explores these cities end-to-end. He also studies such older civic memorial centers as Teotichuacan, Tula, Monte Alban, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque, Tiahuanaco, Chan Chan, Pachacamac, Machu Picchu, and lesser know sites, most virtually, if not totally, abandoned centuries before the Conquest. Such inclusive coverage makes for a lively discussion of some fifteen hundred years of urban life as immortalized in the architecture, art, and crafts of long vanished civilizations. There is an extensive bibliography, many photographs, maps, charts and city plans showing urban layouts of temples, which tell much about the life of the inhabitants.
His book shows that while new findings come to light each year, so much buried history lies waiting to be found that archaology will always be an ever unfolding drama.
This book was first published in 1973.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
642
Release Date:
2013-05-08
Publication Date:
2013-05-08
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0415860539
ISBN13:
9780415860536
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
960 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
34 cm
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