Meyer Karl E. Teotihuacan: First City in the Americas

Newsweek, 1977. — 174 p.At the peak of its culture and perestige, around 500 AD, Teotihuacan was a stunning city. Dominated by temples set atop two awesome pyramids, and dotted with brightly decorated buildings flanking wide boulevards, the first city in the Americas was the arbiter of taste, fashion, and religion for an erea stretching from northern Mexico to modern Guatemala. And wiith its bustling markets teeming with gaily dressed people, Teotihaucan was the vita crossroads for every Mesoamerican trader. Then, for reasons we cannot yet fathom, it was suddenly, totally abandoned.