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Civilization : readings from Scientific American /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fagan, Brian M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : W. H. Freeman, [1979]
Subjects:
Civilization, Ancient.
Cities and towns, Ancient.
Table of Contents:
  • Adams. The origin of cities
  • Kramer. The Sumerians
  • Lamberg- Karlovsky and Lamberg-Karlovsky. An early city in Iran
  • Millon. Teotihuacán
  • Maddin, Muhly, and Wheeler. How the Iron Age began
  • Piggott. The beginnings of wheeled transport
  • Humphrey and Pedley. Roman Carthage
  • Biddle. The archaeology of Winchester
  • Hammond. The planning of a Maya ceremonial center
  • Sjoberg. The origin and evolution of cities
  • Brown. Human food production as a process in the biosphere
  • Nef. An early energy crisis and its consequences
  • Davis. The migrations of human populations.