Fundamental issues in archaeology.; Language of science.
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متن يادداشت
Early urban societies: challenges and perspectives / Linda Manzanilla --; Arslantepe-Malatya: external factors and local components in the development of an early state society / Marcella Frangipane --; Urbanism and the rise of complex society and the early state in Egypt / Kathryn A. Bard --; China's first cities: the walled site of Wangchenggang in the Central Plain Region of North China / Walburga Wiesheu --; Teotihuacan: urban archetype, cosmic model / Linda Manzanilla --; Ideology, power, and state formation in the Valley of Oaxaca / Arthur A. Joyce --; Clues to the system of power in the city of Oxkintok / Miguel Rivera Dorado --; Reconstructing Huari: a cultural chronology for the capital city / William H. Isbell --; Political institutional factors contributing to the integration of the Tiwanaku state / David L. Browman --; Population and agriculture in the emergence of complex society in the Bolivian altiplano: the case of Tiwanaku / James Edward Mathews --; Recapitulation and concluding remarks / Linda Manzanilla.
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متن يادداشت
This wide-ranging reference provides an overview of the different factors involved in the emergence and change in early urban societies in the Fourth Millennium B.C., including Mesopotamia and Egypt, pre-Shang China, Classic Horizon Central Mexico and the Mayan area, and middle Horizon societies in the Andean region. The contributors examine such factors as centralized storage and redistributive economies, agro-managerial models, mercantile network control, and conflict and conquest. The coverage emphasizes specific archaeological data useful in theoretical construction.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Cities and towns, Ancient.
موضوع مستند نشده
Extinct cities.
موضوع مستند نشده
Urbanization -- History.
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