MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 071123s2008 nmuab b 101 0 eng
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020 $a193469102X (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9781934691021 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)183392067
050 00 $aHT114$b.A537 2005
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn183392067
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111 2 $aArthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences$d(2005 :$cWashington, D.C.)
245 14 $aThe ancient city :$bnew perspectives on urbanism in the old and new world /$cedited by Joyce Marcus and Jeremy A. Sabloff.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSanta Fe, N.M. :$bSchool for Advanced Research Press,$c2008.
300 $axvi, 405 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
490 1 $aSchool 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."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-394) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction / 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.
650 0 $aCities and towns, Ancient$vCongresses.
700 1 $aMarcus, Joyce.
700 1 $aSabloff, Jeremy A.
830 0 $aSchool for Advanced Research resident scholar series.