Life and Death in the Ancient City of Teotihuacan : A Modern Paleodemographic Synthesis Paperback / softback
by Rebecca Storey
Paperback / softback
Description
Cities arose independently in both the Old World and in the pre-Columbian New World.
Lacking written records, many of these New World cities can be studied only through archaeology, including the earliest pre-Columbian city, Teotihuacan, Mexico, one of the largest cities of its time (150BC-AD750).
Thus, an important question is how similar New World sites are to their Old World counterparts.
Before recent times, the dense populations of cities made them unhealthy places because of poor sanitation and inadequate food supplies.
Storey's research shows clearly that although Teotihuacan was a very different environment and culture from 17th-century London, these two great cities are comparable in terms of health problems and similar death rates.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:328 pages, Illustrations, maps, plans
- Publisher:The University of Alabama Press
- Publication Date:30/01/1992
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- ISBN:9780817305598
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:328 pages, Illustrations, maps, plans
- Publisher:The University of Alabama Press
- Publication Date:30/01/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780817305598
