What are the archaeologists in the video looking for?

ASB222: Module 6: The Americas
Final Paper
100 points
In Chapters 12-14 of The Past in Perspective, the author tells us that “complex societies exhibiting the construction of monumental edifices, elaborate burials, large armies, full-time artisans, and so on developed in some parts of the New World as fewer people were needed in the subsistence quest and as rulers attempted to legitimize and reinforce their positions of power and wealth.”
In June 1911, Hiram Bingham and his archaeological team working in the cloud forests of the Peruvian Andes found the spectacular Machu Picchu. It was not, however, one of the fabled cities of gold as he had hoped.
A. View the Module 6 Power Point Lecture and read chapters 12-14 of the textbook.
B. Watch: “Searching For The Incas & Their Cities Of Gold | Ancient Peru Documentary | Timeline” (50:05 minutes) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SltyHO3bYQc.
C. Using the assigned video and some additional research, write a minimum 8-paragraph paper answering each of the following questions (at least 1 paragraph for each question):
1. What are the archaeologists in the video looking for? Is it a “lost city”? (10 points)
2. Why is it lost? (10 points)
3. Where are the archaeologists in the video looking for it? (10 points)
4. How did the ancient people live in this environment without getting sick? What allowed them to run long distances? (10 points)
5. These ancient people built a significant road system. So why can’t the archaeologi

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