Life and Death in the Ancient City of Teotihuacan

Download or read book Life and Death in the Ancient City of Teotihuacan written by Rebecca Storey and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1992-01-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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.