You’ve got two articles to read this week. One takes you to present-day Teotihuacan, where craftworkers in the region’s archaeological tourism industry are struggling with the economic effects of Covid-19. The other takes you to ancient Teotihuacan via some present-day archaeologists who are asking fascinating questions about the relative levels of social inequality in that city prior to the era of European conquest. Taking these together, please write a multi-paragraph essay no less than 500 words in length in response to the following question. All the usual rules apply: stick to the assigned readings, paraphrase rather than quote, no citations needed.
What is at stake in the question of how much or how little social inequality existed in pre-Columbian Teotihuacan? Look at the plight of present-day workers in Teotihuacan help us to answer this question?
