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Life and death in the ancient city of Teotihuacan : a modern paleodemographic synthesis /
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 (150 B.C. to A.D...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa, Ala. :
University of Alabama Press,
©1992.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 (150 B.C. to A.D. 750). Thus, an important question is how similar New World cities 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 307 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 058514110X 9780585141107 9780817384357 0817384359 |