How Long to Read Pre-Columbian Cities

How Long Does it Take to Read Pre-Columbian Cities?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 6 minutes to read Pre-Columbian Cities by Jorge E. Hardoy

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

Description

What visitor to Mexico City, unaware of its pre-Hispanic history, could imagine that right under a Christian Church may still lie the remains of the sinister tzompantli, the Aztecs' altar of skulls? Professor Jorge Hardoy poses this question and many more in his comprehensive summary of the ancient cities where Latin America's peoples lived before the Spaniards arrived in the sixteenth century. Because Aztec Tenochtitlan, today Mexico City, and Inca Cuzco represent the culmination of the two most advanced civilizations encountered by the Spainsh conquistadors, the author explores these cities end-to-end. He also studies such older civic memorial centers as Teotichuacan, Tula, Monte Alban, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque, Tiahuanaco, Chan Chan, Pachacamac, Machu Picchu, and lesser know sites, most virtually, if not totally, abandoned centuries before the Conquest. Such inclusive coverage makes for a lively discussion of some fifteen hundred years of urban life as immortalized in the architecture, art, and crafts of long vanished civilizations. There is an extensive bibliography, many photographs, maps, charts and city plans showing urban layouts of temples, which tell much about the life of the inhabitants. His book shows that while new findings come to light each year, so much buried history lies waiting to be found that archaology will always be an ever unfolding drama. This book was first published in 1973.

How long is Pre-Columbian Cities?

Pre-Columbian Cities by Jorge E. Hardoy is 602 pages long, and a total of 151,704 words.

This makes it 203% the length of the average book. It also has 185% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Pre-Columbian Cities Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 48 minutes to read Pre-Columbian Cities aloud.

What Reading Level is Pre-Columbian Cities?

Pre-Columbian Cities 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.

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