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

Bibliographic Details
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.
Subjects:	Cities and towns, Ancient > Congresses.

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.