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 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • •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.