Ancient Cities of the New World – serie
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Aztec City-state Capitals
Häftad, 2008
311 kr
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The Aztecs ruled much of Mexico from the thirteenth century until the Spanish conquest in 1521. Outside of the imperial capital of Tenochtitlan, various urban centers ruled the numerous city-states that covered the central Mexican landscape.""Aztec City-State Capitals"" is the first work to focus …
Ancient Maya Cities of the Eastern Lowlands
Häftad, 2016
357 kr
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For more than a century researchers have studied Maya ruins, and sites like Tikal, Palenque, Copan, and Chichen Itza have shaped our understanding of the Maya. Yet cities of the eastern lowlands of Belize, an area that was home to a rich urban tradition that persisted and evolved for almost 2,000 …
Tenochtitlan
Capital of the Aztec Empire
Häftad, 2014
227 kr
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Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire before the Spanish conquest, rivalled any other great city of its time. In Europe, only Paris, Venice, and Constantinople were larger. Cradled in the Valley of Mexico, the city is unique among New World capitals in that it was well-described and chronicled …
Ancient Maya Cities of the Eastern Lowlands
Häftad, 2015
900 kr
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For more than a century researchers have studied Maya ruins, and sites like Tikal, Palenque, Copán, and Chichén Itzá have shaped our understanding of the Maya. Yet the lowlands of Belize, which were once home to a rich urban tradition that persisted and evolved for almost 2,000 years, are treated …
Cusco
Urbanism and Archaeology in the Inka World
Häftad, 2014
390 kr
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The Inka capital of Cusco is the oldest existing city in the Americas. Known as the ""navel of the world"" during the Inka Empire, it was a fascinating and complex urban landscape that grew and evolved over 3,000 years of continuous human habitation. Ian Farrington has spent decades investigating …
Casma City of El Purgatorio
Ancient Urbanism in the Andes
Inbunden, 2016
1002 kr
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The Casma state, which flourished on the north coast of Peru in the centuries before European contact, is an important and vastly understudied ancient culture. Its capital city, El Purgatorio, was inhabited from ca. 700–1400 AD. The rise and fall of El Purgatorio spans a period of dynamic …
Ancient Urban Maya
Neighborhoods, Inequality, and Built Form
Inbunden, 2016
1002 kr
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Ancient cities were complex social, political, and economic entities, but they also suffered from inequality, poor sanitation, and disease—often more than rural areas. In The Ancient Urban Maya, Scott Hutson examines ancient Maya cities and argues that, despite the hazards of urban life, these …
Ancient Urban Maya
Neighborhoods, Inequality, and Built Form
Häftad, 2018
284 kr
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Ancient cities were complex social, political, and economic entities, but they also suffered from inequality, poor sanitation, and disease—often more than rural areas. In The Ancient Urban Maya, Scott Hutson examines ancient Maya cities and argues that, despite the hazards of urban life, these …
