˜Theœ archaeology of city-states : cross-cultural approaches

˜Theœ archaeology of city-states cross-cultural approaches

Contending that the city-state was a significant cross-cultural regularity that developed among geographically and historically separated civilizations, fifteen prominent archaeologists and historians explore the emergence, structure, and function of city-states in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Vall...

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Weitere Verfasser: Nichols, Deborah L. (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Washington, DC u.a. Smithsonian Institution Press 1997
Schriftenreihe:Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry
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Cités-États - Études transculturelles - Congrès > Civilisation ancienne - Études transculturelles - Congrès > Ethnoarchéologie - Congrès > City-states > Cross-cultural studies > Civilization, Ancient > Ethnoarchaeology > Archäologie > Stadtstaat > Konferenzschrift
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Zusammenfassung:Contending that the city-state was a significant cross-cultural regularity that developed among geographically and historically separated civilizations, fifteen prominent archaeologists and historians explore the emergence, structure, and function of city-states in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, China, Greece, Okinawa, the Maya Lowlands, central Mexico, the coast of Peru, and the Andes. The contributors discuss area and population size, settlement patterns, economic organization, political systems, and duration.
Beschreibung:XVI, 335 S.
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ISBN:1560987464
1-56098-746-4
1560987227
1-56098-722-7