>>A shed converted into a Titanic replica.
And how many of those do you assume were in that lost city?
While we are arguing about comparative cultures as defined by building count, let’s compare sewer and water service too.
I would imagine that the two Mexicos described in Lewis’ Five Families was there then, too. The rich had the best. The poor barely survived. And there were always more of the poor. They’re not saying this was a great civilization. Just that it was larger than we think because it’s sunk beneath our memories as thoroughly as it has sunk beneath the ground.