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1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Routledge studies in archaeology ; 10 |
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Routledge studies in archaeology ; 10.
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| Contents |
Cover; From Prehistoric Villages to Cities; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Between Villages and Cities: Settlement Aggregation in Cross-Cultural Perspective; 2 The Anatomy of a Prehistoric Community: Reconsidering Çatalhöyük; 3 Coming Together, Falling Apart: A Multiscalar Approach to Prehistoric Aggregation and Interaction on the Great Hungarian Plain; 4 Social Organization and Aggregated Settlement Structure in an Archaic Greek City on Crete (ca. 600 BC) |
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5 Appropriating Community: Platforms and Power on the Formative Taraco Peninsula, Bolivia6 Social Integration and the Built Environment of Aggregated Communities in the North American Puebloan Southwest; 7 Competition and Cooperation: Late Classic Period Aggregation in the Southern Tucson Basin; 8 Organizational Complexity in Ancestral Wendat Communities; 9 Community Aggregation through Public Architecture: Cherokee Townhouses; 10 The Work of Making Community; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
Archaeologists have focused a great deal of attention on explaining the evolution of village societies and the transition to a 'Neolithic' way of life. Considerable interest has also concentrated on urbanism and the rise of the earliest cities. Between these two landmarks in human cultural development lies a critical stage in social and political evolution. Throughout world, at various points in time, people living in small, dispersed village communities have come together into larger and more complex social formations. These community aggregates were, essentially, middle-range; situated be |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric.
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Land settlement patterns -- History
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Cities and towns, Ancient -- History
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Civilization, Ancient.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric
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Land settlement patterns
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Civilization, Ancient
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Cities and towns, Ancient
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Siedlung
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Stadtentwicklung
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Birch, Jennifer, 1980- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781135045111 |
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1135045119 |
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9780203458266 |
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0203458265 |
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9781135045098 |
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1135045097 |
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9781135045104 |
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1135045100 |
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