LACIS 260: Guest Lecturer Text Summary 1
Teotihuacan. Cosmic Glories and Mundane Needs
This text studies the development of the city of Teotihuacan with things such as why did people flock to the city and what life was like there. At first the text talks about the rapid growth of the city then the depopulation that occurs later using excavations they are able to work out that people lived in apartment complex possibly with relatives and family attachment to property through burial. The text talks about the orientation of the building showing a strong central authority which was possibly oligarchical.
Attractions for coming to the city may have included a center of the universe perception of the city and liveliness of the city as well as a
Teotihuacan. Cosmic Glories and Mundane Needs
This text studies the development of the city of Teotihuacan with things such as why did people flock to the city and what life was like there. At first the text talks about the rapid growth of the city then the depopulation that occurs later using excavations they are able to work out that people lived in apartment complex possibly with relatives and family attachment to property through burial. The text talks about the orientation of the building showing a strong central authority which was possibly oligarchical.
Attractions for coming to the city may have included a center of the universe perception of the city and liveliness of the city as well as a