The archaeology of city-states : cross-cultural approaches /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Anthropological Association Meeting
Other Authors: Charlton, Thomas H, Nichols, Deborah L
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1997], ©1997
Washington : ©1997
Washington [D.C.] : c1997
Washington, D.C. : c1997
Series:Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry
Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry
Subjects:
City-states > Cross-cultural studies > Congresses
Civilization, Ancient > Cross-cultural studies > Congresses
Ethnoarchaeology > Congresses
Ethnoarchaeology
Conference papers and proceedings
Table of Contents:
  • 1 The City-State Concept: Development and Applications / Thomas H. Charlton and Deborah L. Nichols
  • 2. City-States and Their Centers: The Mesopotamian Example / Elizabeth Stone
  • 3. City-States, Nation-States, and Territorial States: The Problem of Egypt / Robert J. Wenke
  • 4. Early City-States in South Asia: Comparing the Harappan Phase and Early Historic Period / Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
  • 5. The City-State in Ancient China / Robin D. S. Yates
  • 6. An Archaeology of Equalities? The Greek City-States / Ian Morris
  • 7. City-State Dynamics through a Greek Lens / David Small
  • 8. The Chuzan Kingdom of Okinawa as a City-State / Richard Pearson
  • 9. City-States of the Maya / David Webster
  • 10. The Archaeological Signature of Complexity in the Maya Lowlands / K. Anne Pyburn
  • 11. Diachronic Studies of City-States: Permutations on a Theme - Central Mexico from 1700 B.C. to A.D. 1600 / Thomas H. Charlton and Deborah L. Nichols
  • 12. When Is a City-State? Archaeological Measures of Aztec City-States and Aztec City-State Systems / Mary G. Hodge
  • 13. Early State Formation on the North Coast of Peru: A Critique of the City-State Model / David J. Wilson
  • 14. Of Kings and Capitals: Principles of Authority and the Nature of Cities in the Native Andean State / Alan L. Kolata
  • 15. The Obvious and the Chimerical: City-States in Archaeological Perspective / Norman Yoffee.
  • 1 The City-State Concept: Development and Applications / Thomas H. Charlton and Deborah L. Nichols
  • 2. City-States and Their Centers: The Mesopotamian Example / Elizabeth Stone
  • 3. City-States, Nation-States, and Territorial States: The Problem of Egypt / Robert J. Wenke
  • 4. Early City-States in South Asia: Comparing the Harappan Phase and Early Historic Period / Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
  • 5. The City-State in Ancient China / Robin D. S. Yates
  • 6. An Archaeology of Equalities? The Greek City-States / Ian Morris
  • 7. City-State Dynamics through a Greek Lens / David Small
  • 8. The Chuzan Kingdom of Okinawa as a City-State / Richard Pearson
  • 9. City-States of the Maya / David Webster
  • 10. The Archaeological Signature of Complexity in the Maya Lowlands / K. Anne Pyburn
  • 11. Diachronic Studies of City-States: Permutations on a Theme - Central Mexico from 1700 B.C. to A.D. 1600 / Thomas H. Charlton and Deborah L. Nichols
  • 12 When Is a City-State? Archaeological Measures of Aztec City-States and Aztec City-State Systems / Mary G. Hodge
  • 13. Early State Formation on the North Coast of Peru: A Critique of the City-State Model / David J. Wilson
  • 14. Of Kings and Capitals: Principles of Authority and the Nature of Cities in the Native Andean State / Alan L. Kolata
  • 15. The Obvious and the Chimerical: City-States in Archaeological Perspective / Norman Yoffee.

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