How Long to Read Buried Beneath the City

How Long Does it Take to Read Buried Beneath the City?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Buried Beneath the City by Nan A. Rothschild

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Bits and pieces of the lives led long before the age of skyscrapers are scattered throughout New York City, found in backyards, construction sites, street beds, and parks. Indigenous tools used thousands of years ago; wine jugs from a seventeenth-century tavern; a teapot from Seneca Village, the nineteenth-century Black settlement displaced by Central Park; raspberry seeds sown in backyard Brooklyn gardens—these everyday objects are windows into the city’s forgotten history. Buried Beneath the City uses urban archaeology to retell the history of New York, from the deeper layers of the past to the topsoil of recent events. The book explores the ever-evolving city and the day-to-day world of its residents through artifacts, from the first traces of Indigenous societies more than ten thousand years ago to the detritus of Dutch and English colonization and through to the burgeoning city’s transformation into the modern metropolis. It demonstrates how the archaeological record often goes beyond written history by preserving mundane things—details of everyday life that are beneath the notice of the documentary record. These artifacts reveal the density, diversity, and creativity of a city perpetually tearing up its foundations to rebuild itself. Lavishly illustrated with images of objects excavated in the city, Buried Beneath the City is at once an archaeological history of New York City and an introduction to urban archaeology.

How long is Buried Beneath the City?

Buried Beneath the City by Nan A. Rothschild is 388 pages long, and a total of 100,104 words.

This makes it 131% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Buried Beneath the City Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 7 minutes to read Buried Beneath the City aloud.

What Reading Level is Buried Beneath the City?

Buried Beneath the City is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Buried Beneath the City?

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