Making ancient cities : space and place in early urban societies /

This volume investigates how the structure and use of space developed and changed in cities, and examines the role of different societal groups in shaping urbanism. Culturally and chronologically diverse case studies provide a basis to examine recent theoretical and methodological shifts in the arch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Creekmore, Andrew
Otros Autores: Fisher, Kevin D., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Temas:
To 1500
Cities and towns > History > To 1500.
City planning > History > To 1500.
Public spaces > History > To 1500.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
Cities and towns
City planning
Public spaces
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Making Ancient Cities: New Perspectives on the Production of Urban Places / Andrew T. Creekmore III
  • Archaeological Perspectives on Ancient Cities
  • This Volume in Context
  • Making Ancient Cities in Global Perspective
  • Future Directions in the Study of Ancient Cities
  • 2. The Social Production of Space in Third-Millennium Cities of Upper Mesopotamia / Andrew T. Creekmore III
  • Urbanization and Urban Space
  • Upper Mesopotamian Urban Planning
  • City Shapes
  • City Accessibility
  • Nucleation
  • Multicentricity
  • Conservative Development
  • Defensible Space
  • Parceled Houses
  • Armature
  • The Importance of Life Histories
  • Ideal Cities
  • Discussion
  • 3. North Mesopotamian Urban Neighborhoods at Titris Hoyuk in the Third Millennium BC / Yoko Nishimura.
  • Ways of Looking at Late Cypriot Cities
  • The Rise of Urbanism on Cyprus
  • Place-Making in Late Cypriot Urban Landscapes
  • Conclusions
  • 7. Urbanization and the Emergence of the Greek Polis: The Case of Azoria, Crete / Rodney D. Fitzsimons
  • The Domestic Landscape
  • The Civic Landscape
  • The Urban Landscape
  • Conclusions
  • 8. The Rise of a Minoan City and the (Re)Structuring of Its Hinterlands: A View from Galatas / D. Matthew Buell
  • The City
  • The Region
  • Discussion
  • 9. Cahokia: The Processes and Principles of the Creation of an Early Mississippian City / James A. Brown
  • Cahokia as a City: Past Perspectives
  • Cahokia: The Cityscape
  • Settlement History, Evolution, and Cosmology
  • Corporate Groups and City Space
  • Conclusions: Cahokia as a City Revisited
  • 10. Comparing East and West: Aspects of Urban Manufacture and Retail in the Capitals of the Roman and Han Empires / Anna Razeto.

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