A review by mayphoenix7992
Les cités disparues: Voyage insolite aux origines de nos civilisations , by Annalee Newitz
informative
slow-paced
3.0
3 🌟
[Read in French]
It was an interesting book with a good premise to put a parallel between the fates of those four "lost" cities (Catal Huyuk, Pompéi, Angkor and Cahokia) along with our current political instability and climate crisis.
It's a shame it often felt surface-level and not much in depths when it came to the actual archeological resources and research. Very little was said on the main topic: the desertion of these cities. (And I truly hate the log style of that book at times)
Other than that, it's neither good nor bad, and I learned very little on Angkor and Cahokia (I was already familiar in great details with both Catal Huyuk and Pompéi) but it did its intended job.
[Read in French]
It was an interesting book with a good premise to put a parallel between the fates of those four "lost" cities (Catal Huyuk, Pompéi, Angkor and Cahokia) along with our current political instability and climate crisis.
It's a shame it often felt surface-level and not much in depths when it came to the actual archeological resources and research. Very little was said on the main topic: the desertion of these cities. (And I truly hate the log style of that book at times)
Other than that, it's neither good nor bad, and I learned very little on Angkor and Cahokia (I was already familiar in great details with both Catal Huyuk and Pompéi) but it did its intended job.