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¿Cómo se construía y organizaba la vida doméstica en una gran ciudad prehispánica como Cantona? Este libro se adentra en el sector sur del asentamiento para reconstruir, con rigor arqueológico y mirada arquitectonica, la forma y funcionamiento de sus unidades habitacionales.Liliana Gonzalez Gonzalez presenta el registro y analisis detallado de viviendas, patios, muros, plataformas y accesos, integrando mediciones, descripciones tecnicas y observaciones sobre materiales y sistemas constructivos. A traves de la lectura de etapas, modificaciones y relaciones entre espacios, la autora propone claves para comprender dinamicas de ocupacion, mantenimiento y circulacion en el tejido urbano.Con abundante soporte grafico, tablas y documentacion de campo, Unidades habitacionales al sur de Cantona es una referencia indispensable para quienes investigan arquitectura domestica, urbanismo prehispanico y arqueologia del Altiplano central de Mexico.

Buried in the ruins of an ancient Mesopotamian village, archaeologists discovered a simple clay jar containing a copper cylinder and an iron rod. When filled with acidic grape juice, this crude artifact generates a measurable electrical charge. It was built two millennia before Alessandro Volta officially "invented" the battery.The Baghdad Battery investigates one of the most polarizing anomalies in archaeological history. This book navigates the fierce academic battle between historians who argue these jars were merely used for storing sacred scrolls, and scientists who believe the Parthian Empire possessed a rudimentary mastery of electroplating and pain relief.We journey through the political censorship and lost knowledge of the ancient Middle East, questioning the rigid chronological timeline of human technological progress. Readers will gain a thrilling perspective on the lost ingenuity of antiquity and the fragile nature of scientific preservation.

Deep in the jungles of Costa Rica lie over three hundred perfectly round spheres of solid granodiorite. Ranging from a few inches to over two meters in diameter and weighing up to fifteen tons, the Diquis Spheres are an absolute geometrical and archaeological anomaly.How did a pre-Columbian civilization, possessing no metal tools or wheels, carve volcanic rock into spheres of such astonishing mathematical perfection? This book strips away the alien-conspiracy nonsense to examine the actual, painstaking mechanical reality of ancient stonemasonry. We explore the techniques of controlled heating, cooling, and endless abrasive pecking that indigenous artisans likely used.The narrative also covers the tragic modern history of the spheres, detailing how United Fruit Company bulldozers ruthlessly destroyed the original archaeological alignments in the 1930s, and how looters dynamited them open believing they contained hidden gold.Explore the most perfect mysteries of the ancient world. Discover the incredible dedication of a lost culture that chose to conquer solid stone through pure geometrical obsession.