Urbanism in antiquity : from Mesopotamia to Crete /: from Mesopotamia to Crete. (©1997)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Walter E. Aufrecht, Neil A. Mirau & Steven W. Gauley.
• Other Names: Aufrecht, Walter Emanuel, 1942-; Mirau, Neil A (Neil Arnold), 1952-; Gauley, Steven W
• Contents: Spatial perspectives on early urban development in Mesopotamia / E.B. Banning -- Writing as a factor in the rise of urbanism / Ronald F.G. Sweet -- Urbanisation et 'redistribution' de surplus agricoles en Mésopotamie septentrionale (3000-2500 av. J.-C.) / Michel Fortin -- Craft specialization and the rise of secondary urbanism : a view from the Southern Levant / Steven A. Rosen -- The agricultural base of urbanism in the Early Bronze II-III Levant / Arlene Miller Rosen -- The social context of early iron working in the Levant / Neil A. Mirau -- Urbanization and Northwest Semitic inscriptions of the late Bronze and Iron Ages / Walter E. Aufrecht -- Learning to love the king : urbanism and the state in Iron Age Moab / Bruce Routledge -- Urbanism at Tell el-ʻUmeiri during the late Bronze IIB-Iron IA transition / Larry G. Herr -- Tell Jawa : a case study of Ammonite urbanism during Iron Age II / P.M. Michèle Daviau -- Archaeology, urbanism, and the rise of the Israelite state / William G. Dever -- The urban center of Jerusalem and the development of the literature of the Hebrew Bible / Ehud Ben Zvi -- The ancient Egyptian 'city' : figment or reality? / Donald B. Redford -- Temple as the center in ancient Egyptian urbanism / Carolyn Routledge -- 'Metro' Nea Paphos : suburban sprawl in southwestern Cyprus in the Hellenistic and earlier Roman periods / David W. Rupp -- Palace-centered polities in eastern Crete : neopalatial Petras and its neighbors / Metaxia Tsipopoulou -- A viiw from the outskirts : realignments from modern to postmodern in the archaeological study of urbanism / D. Bruce Mackay.
• Publisher Details: Sheffield, Eng : Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Copyright Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource (291 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 939.4 U72; Cities and towns, Ancient -- Middle East -- Congresses; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East -- Congresses; Urbanization -- Middle East -- Congresses; Urbanisme -- Moyen-Orient -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 500; Villes antiques -- Moyen-Orient; Urbanisation -- Moyen-Orient -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 500; HISTORY -- Ancient -- General; Antiquities; Cities and towns, Ancient; Excavations (Archaeology); Urbanization; CIDADES ANTIGAS (ASPECTOS URBANÍSTICOS;CONGRESSOS) -- ASIA; ESCAVAÇÃO ARQUEOLÓGICA (CONGRESSOS) -- ASIA; URBANIZAÇÃO (CONGRESSOS) -- ASIA; ARQUEOLOGIA BÍBLICA (CONGRESSOS); Verstädterung; Aufsatzsammlung; Steden; Klassieke oudheid; Cities and towns, Ancient; Excavations (Archaeology); Urbanization; Middle East -- Antiquities -- Congresses; Middle East; Alter Orient; Conference papers and proceedings; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567269881; 0567269884
• Related ISBNs: 185075666X; 9781850756668
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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