Four lost cities a secret history of the urban age
"A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history--and figure out why people abandoned them. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating...
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New York, NY :
W. W. Norton & Company,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: How do you lose a city?
- C̦atalhöyük: the doorway. The shock of settled life ; The truth about goddesses ; History within history
- Pompeii: the street. Riot on the Via dell'Abbondanza ; What we do in public ; After the mountain burned
- Angkor: the reservoir. An alternate history of agriculture ; Empire of water ; The remains of imperialism
- Cahokia: the plaza. America's ancient pyramids ; A great revival ; Deliberate abandonment
- Epilogue: Warning-- social experiment in progress.
