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by Annalee Newitz


  political struggles in, 245

  public life in, 253

  “rejuvenation period” in, 248–50

  return to old practices in, 248–50

  return to small-town life in, 260

  revitalization of, 248–50

  revival in, 227–40

  ridge top mounds in, 243

  rise and fall of, 209–10

  rituals in, 224–25, 243–48

  shift in layout of, 229

  Siouan tribes and, 250–54

  social change in, 229, 234–35, 237

  social movements in, 210, 249–50, 253

  social structure in, 242

  souvenirs from, 213

  spirituality in, 212–13, 222–23, 242. 253

  Stirling phase, 234, 235, 247, 248, 249

  survivance in, 250–54

  transformative power of water in, 245–46

  transition in, 229, 234–35, 237

  urban plan of, 212–13, 229, 234, 243

  Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, 228

  Caligula, 93

  Cambodia, 1–4, 5, 145, 156, 158, 198

  climate extremes and, 147, 161

  France and, 183

  Campania, 134, 137

  Campbell, Stuart, 73, 75

  Carston, Janet, 38

  Carter, Alison, 157–58, 175, 181, 197

  Carthage, 86, 131

  Çatalhöyük, 5–7, 10–13, 15–75, 16–17, 104, 124, 137, 148–50, 155, 160, 198, 209, 257, 260, 261

  8.2k event in, 62–66, 73

  4040 excavation, 22, 25, 42, 44

  abandonment of, 60, 61, 64, 68–71, 73, 103, 250

  afterlife of, 129

  cemeteries at, 60

  change in, 36, 59–60, 61, 66–71, 73, 258

  as city, 71–72, 73

  climate change in, 63–66, 73, 258

  “closing up” houses and buildings in, 224–25

  collapsing structures in, 72

  cooking in, 42, 54, 61

  crisis points in, 59–60

  Death Pit in, 71–75

  doorways in, 31–32

  drought in, 258

  egalitarianism in, 66–68, 69–70, 75

  farming in, 61, 73

  final phase of its occupation, 62–66

  food insecurity and, 73

  founding of, 27

  graves in, 22–23

  hierarchy in, 66–71, 72

  housebuilding in, 24

  as mega-village, 66

  migration within, 62–63

  mobility and, 70–71

  privacy in, 31–32

  private property in, 66

  as proto-city at best, 71, 73

  sea level rise and, 63

  signs of inequality in, 70

  skyline of, 42–43

  social change in, 66–71

  social stratification in, 66–71, 75

  social structure in, 66–71

  stamps in, 36–40, 70–71

  trade and, 71

  urban design of, 22, 31, 66–68

  urban grid of, 22, 66–67

  urbanism and, 40

  wall art in, 56

  Çatalhöyük dig, 21, 32

  Çatalhöyük Dig House, 21

  Catlin, George, 275n9

  cattle, 65. See also aurochs

  celebrations, 215–16, 221, 227

  ceramics, 175

  ceramic technology, 54. See also pottery

  Cham people, 189

  change, 12, 61, 236–40

  climate (see climate change)

  conceptual, 35

  social, 66–71, 229, 234–35, 237

  Charles VII, 81, 90

  Chenla Empire, 151, 153

  Chhom, Kunthea, 187–88

  Childe, V. Gordon, 26, 71, 212

  Chola Kingdom, 166

  Christians, 123

  Chunkey, 214, 275n9

  “chunking out,” 232

  Cicero, 96, 101

  Citarista, 115

  cities. See also specific cities

  abandonment of, 60–61, 255, 257, 258–59, 261

  agricultural regions and, 72–73

  as ancestors, 75

  climate change and, 256, 258, 259

  collapse of, 258–59, 261

  as cosmology, 75

  death of, 11

  defining traits of, 71

  as ecosystems, 240

  as embodiments of human labor, 257–58

  expansion of, 256, 257–58

  future of, 257, 258–61

  hierarchy and, 71–72

  as history, 75

  labor investment and, 72

  layouts of, 240

  as life-forms, 75, 225

  management of, 257–58

  political instability and, 259

  rejuvenation of, 257

  salvaging, 260–61

  as social experiments, 261

  as tools, 75

  transformation and, 236–40

  “civilizational collapse,” 60–61. See also collapse

  class, 96–102, 105–8, 113, 259, 270n7. See also hierarchy; specific classes

  Claudius, 93

  clay, 9–10, 25, 43, 49–50, 53, 56, 212–13, 224, 246. See also borrow pits; pottery; specific objects

  clay-based technology, cooking and, 53

  climate. See also climate change, survival and, 21

  climate change, 13, 257–58, 260, 261. See also environmental crises

  in Angkor, 8, 161, 193–202, 258

  in Çatalhöyük, 63–66, 73, 258

  cities and, 256, 258, 259

  economic effects of, 195

  effect on ancient migration, 64

  modern, 64

  San Francisco, California, and, 256–57

  “closing up,” in Cahokia, 224–25

  Coedès, George, 172, 187

  collapse, 236–40, 250, 258–59, 261

  collective identity, 35

  Collinsville, Illinois, 9, 228

  commerce, 71

  community, abstract idea of, 57

  compluvium, 97

  cooking, 12

  in Cahokia, 220, 251

  in Çatalhöyük, 42, 54, 61

  clay-based technology and, 53

  dairy products and, 25–26

  in Pompeii, 99, 101, 116, 175

  technology and, 53–54

  coping mechanisms, social crises and, 34–35

  Correia, David, 238–39

  correlation stretch analysis of images, 199

  corruption, 13

  cosmology

  birth of, 39

  cities as, 75

  crafting, 42, 51, 52–54

  creation story, performances retelling, 245

  Crete, 116

  crisis points, 59–60

  Cronon, William, 72–73, 223

  cultural barriers, 62

  cultural enrichment, urbanism and, 55–56

  cultural memories, repositories of, 56–57

  cultural mixing, 215

  culture shock, settled life and, 33

  Cumae, 81, 133, 136–37

  dairy line, 25–26, 27

  dairy products, 25–26, 28, 54

  Da Magdalena, Antonio, 184

  data archaeology, 109, 121, 173

  death, 10–13

  Death Pit, 71–75, 137, 216

  democratization, of Cahokia, 233–36

  Desmond, Matthew, 165

  Detroit, Michigan, 257

  Diamond, Jared, 237–40

  Dido, 41–42, 43–58, 60, 62, 66, 67, 69–70, 224

  diet, 258. See also food

  dogs, 27

  domestication, 26–33

  as filtering process, 30–31

  as self-reinforcing process, 29

  symbolic structures and, 29

  domesticity, 30–31, 40, 42, 51–58

  domestic labor, women and, 51–58

  domestic technologies, women and, 51–58

  Domitian, 7, 136

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bsp; Domuztepe, 73–75, 137, 216, 260

  doorways, 31–32

  drought, 6, 21, 64, 250, 258

  Du Pratz, Le Page, 221

  earthworks, 211

  East Baray (reservoir), 162–63, 166, 168, 192, 197

  Easter Island, 237

  Eastern Woodlands tribes, 211

  East Mound, 19–20, 22, 60, 62–63, 64, 65, 66–68, 74, 246

  East St. Louis, Illinois, 9, 10, 207, 212, 228–33

  Ebusus, 86

  École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO), 168, 184–85

  Edwardsville, Illinois, 222

  egalitarianism, 75

  Egyptians, 86

  Ellis, Steven, 105–6, 108–10

  Emerald site, 222–23

  Emerson, Tom, 244–45

  engineering, 52

  environmental crises, 5, 238, 239–40, 257–58

  ancient, 256

  fragmentation and, 249–50

  modern, 256, 257

  Envisioning Cahokia, 234

  erect knotweed, 220

  Eumachia, 95

  Europe, executions in, 216–17

  European colonialism, 217, 253

  European Research Council, 152

  Evans, Damian, 2–3, 160, 169, 178–79, 196–97, 200

  city grids and, 155

  lidar mapping and, 151–53, 167, 181, 185

  excavation blocks, 229–32, 246–47

  executions, 216–17

  expansion, 256, 257

  famine, 64

  Fargher, Lane, 236

  farming, 51, 54–55, 62, 72–73, 222

  agricultural complexity, 73

  in Angkor, 146–61

  in Cahokia, 218–24, 251

  in Çatalhöyük, 61, 73

  development of, 27

  harvesting, 219–22, 223

  men and, 222

  shock of agricultural life, 35

  urbanism and, 54–55, 73

  feasts, 221, 227

  Ferguson, Missouri, 254

  fertility, 215–16

  fertility rituals, 244, 245

  fertility symbols, 46–51

  festivals, 157, 174, 215–16

  in Angkor, 157, 174

  figurines, 46–51, 56, 213, 214, 219, 220–21, 251

  Fiorelli, Giuseppe, 129

  fire, 246–47. See also wildfires

  Flohr, Miko, 106–7

  Flohr, Pascal, 64–65

  floods, 4, 8, 21, 64, 249, 257

  along Mississippi, 258

  in Angkor, 4, 8, 185–90, 258

  food. See also cooking

  abundant, 55

  food insecurity, 13, 73

  harvesting of, 219–22, 223

  Forum, 122–23, 127

  fossil fuels, 27

  Fowler, Melvin L., 243

  fragmentation, environmental crises and, 249–50

  France, 183–84

  Frazer, James George, 47

  Fritz, Gayle, 219–20, 223

  Fullery of Stephanus, 106–8, 116

  Gaius Sulpicius Faustus, 133–39

  games, 214–15, 275n9

  garbage pits, 221

  Garfinkel, Yosef, 68

  Gaza, 116

  gender, modern understanding projected on ancient cultures, 51

  geoglyphs, 181

  Giulia Felice. See House of Julia Felix

  glacier melt, 63–64

  goatherds, 54

  goats, 27, 65

  Gobeki Tepe, 34, 35–36, 37

  goddesses, 46–51

  goosefoot, 219

  Graeber, David, 239

  “Grandmother” figurine, 219, 220–21

  Grand Plaza, 208, 213–16, 224, 234, 235, 236, 245, 247

  graves, 22–23

  “beaded burial,” 243–45

  burial mounds, 243–45, 252

  grave markers, 112–13, 135

  “secondary burials,” 45

  Graves, Robert, 47

  Great Mound, 254

  Great Plaza, 254

  Great Pyramid at Giza, 9

  Greek myths, 85

  Gulf of Thailand, 161

  Hall, Kenneth, 166

  Hall, Tegan, 197

  Hanoi, 184

  Hariharalaya, 157

  harvest, 219–22, 223

  Hay, Sophie, 115–16, 128

  heat waves, 258

  Heng, Piphal, 158–59, 190, 193, 197–98

  Henry VIII, 216

  Herculaneum, 96–97, 102, 135

  deaths in, 128

  excavation of, 90

  reasons for not digging out, 130, 133

  Hercules, 95

  heterarchy, 242

  Hidatsa, 219, 221, 223

  hierarchy, 66–71, 72, 217, 245

  Hinduism, 1–2, 153–54, 156–60, 169, 172, 199

  history. See also “history houses”

  cities as, 75

  within history, 59–75, 248

  history within, 59–75, 248

  idea of, 39–40

  oral histories, 210, 250–51

  “history houses,” 56–57, 67, 70, 209

  Hodder, Ian, 23–26, 29, 32, 39–40, 42, 56, 57, 59–61, 67, 69, 168, 248

  homelessness, 13

  Hopewell Culture, 211

  House of Julia Felix, 87, 90–91

  House of the Mosaic Columns, 97–100, 104, 106

  House of Terentius Neo, 114

  House of the Chaste Lovers, 107

  House of the Physician, 85

  House of the Prince of Montenegro, 95

  House of the Surgeon, 87

  House of the Tragic Poet, 87, 114

  House of the Vettii, 114–15, 118

  houses, 40

  “closing up,” 224–25

  construction of, 32–33, 42

  human bodies and, 38

  rebuilding, 39

  social relationships and, 32–33

  Hsiang, Solomon, 195

  Hughes, Lisa, 93–94, 96

  human-animal hybrids, depictions of, 30

  human bodies, houses and, 38

  humanity

  ecological footprint of, 27

  urbanism and, 13

  humans

  figurines of, 46–51

  imagery of, 35

  sacrifice of, 216–17, 244–45

  Hunter, Andrea, 250–51

  hunting, 51

  hunting scenes, 30, 35, 37

  ice age, 63

  identity

  collective, 35

  local vs. city, 247, 249, 250

  objects and, 32–33

  place and, 36, 74

  stamps and, 70–71

  symbolism and, 37–39

  Illinois, 204–54

  Illinois Archaeological Survey, 215, 244

  Illinois Confederation, 209

  Illinois uplands, 211

  immigrants, 12, 62, 215, 217–18, 223, 224. See also refugees

  immigration, 62, 237

  impluvia, 96–97

  India, 108

  Indian Ocean, 161

  Indic regions, 172

  indigenous artists, contemporary, 252–53

  indigenous cultures, survivance and, 252–53

  Indigenous Futurism, 252

  Indonesia, 148

  Indravarman II, 193

  infrastructure, resilient, 260–61

  interpretation, 42

  Isadorus, 117

  Isis, 83–87, 134

  Temple of, 84, 93, 111

  isotopic signatures, 218

  Istanbul, Turkey, 31

  J7. See Jayavarman VII (“the great king”)

  Jacobs, Jane, 47

  Jayatataka, 192

  Jayavarman II (first Angkorian king), 154, 162, 176

  Hindu empire and, 157–58

  reservoirs and, 157

  Jayavarman IV, 186–88

  Jayavarman VII (“the great king”), 189–93, 198, 201

  Buddhism and, 191

  forced labor and, 192–93<
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  Joshel, Sandra, 113

  Joyce, Rosemary, 50–51, 69–70, 72

  Judea, sacking of, 131

  Julia Felix, 88, 92–94, 114, 121

  bathhouse and spa, 87–93

  insula of, 138

  property and, 91–92, 100, 104

  Julian Laws, 92–93

  Keo, Duong, 187

  Khmer, 158, 172

  art of, 184

  culture of, 147, 162, 185

  economy of, 165

  social hierarchy and, 188

  Khmer-Cham war, 189

  Khmer Empire, 1–4, 148, 153–54, 184, 187

  Angkor as capital of, 145

  debt and patronage, 163–64, 165–66, 193

  Jayavarman VII (“the great king”) and, 189, 191

  labor in, 173–75

  river-linked cities in, 171, 180

  women in, 173

  Khmer kings, 157, 194

  Khmer people, 147, 173, 198, 202

  tradition of tropical city-building, 148

  urban tradition, 202

  Khmer Rouge, 156, 200, 201

  Khmer royals, 145–46, 196, 198

  Khmer temples, 145

  Khmer territory, 194

  khñum, 176, 180–81, 186, 188, 197, 212

  constructed roads and temples, 166

  debt slavery and, 163–65, 169

  financial dealings with, 177

  lists of slave names, 173

  kinship system, 38–39, 223

  knotweed, 220

  Koh Ker, 186, 188–89, 195

  Kolb, Michael, 249

  Koloski-Ostrow, Olga, 122–23

  Kompong Svay, 180

  Konya, Turkey, 19

  Konya Plain, Turkey, 20, 57, 60, 61, 63, 73, 129, 198, 257

  Kostof, Spiro, 155

  Krippner, Janine, 131–34

  Kujit, Ian, 67–68, 69

  Kuk Swamp, 149

  Kulen, 197

  Kulen Mountains, 154, 157, 171, 180, 191, 194

  Kulen sandstone, 180

  labor, 212

  abuse of labor force, 259

  cities as embodiments of, 257–58

  domestic, 51–58

  forced (see slaves)

  in Khmer Empire, 173–75

  labor investment, 72

  mobilization of, 259

  monuments and, 212

  organizing, 12

  women and, 51–58

  lactose, 28

  land, laying claim to, 33–36

  landscapes, symbolic, 35

  language barriers, 62

  Laos, 4, 166, 186, 193

  Laurentide Ice Sheet, 63

  Leiden University, 106

  leopards, 29–30, 36

  Levin-Richardson, Sarah, 119, 120

  liberti (freed slaves), 101, 108–9, 111, 128, 135–37, 225. See also Augustales

  early Imperial Rome, 188

  former owners and, 101, 113

  reasons for survival of, 135

  rise of, 101, 106, 112–17, 137

  sex workers and, 120

  work lives of, 99–102, 104

  “lick check,” 233

  lidar imaging technology, 151–52, 167

  life-forms

  cities as, 75

  in our ecosystem, 27

  lime, 220

  livestock, 54. See also specific animals

 

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