The ancient city : new perspectives on urbanism in the old and new world /

The ancient city : new perspectives on urbanism in the old and new world /

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Corporate Author: Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences Washington, D.C.).

Other Authors: Marcus, Joyce., Sabloff, Jeremy A.

Format: Conference Proceeding Book

Language: English

Published: Santa Fe, N.M. : School for Advanced Research Press, 2008.

Edition: 1st ed.

Series: School for Advanced Research resident scholar series.

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Cities and towns, Ancient > Congresses.

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Call Number: HT114 .A784

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245 1 4 |a The ancient city :   |b new perspectives on urbanism in the old and new world /   |c edited by Joyce Marcus and Jeremy A. Sabloff. 
250 |a 1st ed. 
264 1 |a Santa Fe, N.M. :   |b School for Advanced Research Press,   |c 2008. 
300 |a xvi, 405 pages :   |b illustrations, maps ;   |c 26 cm. 
490 1 |a School for Advanced Research resident scholar series. 
500 |a "This publication results from an Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium of the National Academy of Sciences, "Early cities: new perspectives on pre-industrial urbanism," held May 18-20, 2005, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC." 
500 |a OCLC 183392067 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-394) and index. 
505 0 |a •Introduction / Joyce Marcus and Jeremy A. Sabloff •The city through time and space : transformations of centrality / Colin Renfrew •Early cities : craft workers, kings, and controlling the supernatural / Bruce G. Trigger •Analyzing cities / Mogens Herman Hansen •Other perspectives on urbanism : beyond the disciplinary boundaries / Karl W. Butzer •Between concept and reality : case studies in the development of Roman cities in the Mediterranean / Janet DeLaine •Urban foundation, planning, and sustainability in the Roman northwestern provinces / Michael J. Jones •A tale of two cities : lowland Mesopotamia and highland Anatolia / Elizabeth C. Stone •Royal cities and cult centers, administrative towns, and workmen's settlements in ancient Egypt / Kathryn A. Bard •Indus urbanism : new perspectives on its origin and character / Jonathan Mark Kenoyer •Stages in the development of "cities" in pre-imperial China / Lothar von Falkenhausen •Early African cities : their role in the shaping of urban and rural interaction spheres / Chapurukha M. Kusimba •Pomp and circumstance before Belize : ancient Maya commerce and the new river conurbation / K. Anne Pyburn •Incidental urbanism : the structure of the prehispanic city in central Mexico / Kenneth G. Hirth •Links in the chain of Inka cities : communication, alliance, and the cultural production of status, value, and power / Craig Morris •Cities and urbanism : central themes and future directions / Joyce Marcus and Jeremy A. Sabloff. 
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