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Annalee Newitz is an American journalist, editor, and author known for writing about science, technology, and culture. They have written for publications such as The New York Times and Ars Technica, and are the author of several books including 'Scatter, Adapt, and Remember' and 'Autonomous'.
Known for: Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
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Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
In this engaging work of archaeology and history, Annalee Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities—Çatalhöyük in Turkey, Pompeii in Italy, Angkor in Cambodia, and Cahokia in the United States. Through vivid storytelling and scientific insight, Newitz examines how these urban centers thrived, declined, and what their stories reveal about the resilience and fragility of human civilization.
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Çatalhöyük – The First City
When we think of a city, we imagine streets, plazas, and palaces. Yet Çatalhöyük, one of the earliest known urban settlements, challenges those assumptions. Located in southern Anatolia around 9,000 years ago, Çatalhöyük had no streets at all. Its mudbrick homes were packed tightly together, entered...
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Life and Ritual in Çatalhöyük
Life in Çatalhöyük was dense, tactile, and constantly shared. Imagine climbing a ladder down into a dark, clay-lined room whose walls glowed with ochre-painted bulls and geometric patterns. Beneath your feet, generations of burials were sealed into the packed floor. Life and ritual coexisted in the ...
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About Annalee Newitz
Annalee Newitz is an American journalist, editor, and author known for writing about science, technology, and culture. They have written for publications such as The New York Times and Ars Technica, and are the author of several books including 'Scatter, Adapt, and Remember' and 'Autonomous'.
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