TY - GEN AU - Marcus,Joyce AU - Sabloff,Jeremy A. TI - The ancient city: new perspectives on urbanism in the old and new world T2 - School for Advanced Research resident scholar series SN - 193469102X (pbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 307.76 PY - 2008/// CY - Santa Fe, N.M. PB - School for Advanced Research Press KW - Cities and towns, Ancient KW - Sociology, Urban, Ancient KW - Urbanization N1 - "This publication results from an Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium of the National Academy of Sciences, "Early cities: new perspectives on pre-industrial urbanism," held May 18-20, 2005, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC."; Introduction / Joyce Marcus and Jeremy A. Sabloff -- The city through time and space : transformations of centrality / Colin Renfrew -- Early cities : craft workers, kings, and controlling the supernatural / Bruce G. Trigger -- Analyzing cities / Mogens Herman Hansen -- Other perspectives on urbanism : beyond the disciplinary boundaries / Karl W. Butzer -- Between concept and reality : case studies in the development of Roman cities in the Mediterranean / Janet DeLaine -- Urban foundation, planning, and sustainability in the Roman northwestern provinces / Michael J. Jones -- A tale of two cities : lowland Mesopotamia and highland Anatolia / Elizabeth C. Stone -- Royal cities and cult centers, administrative towns, and workmen's settlements in ancient Egypt / Kathryn A. Bard -- Indus urbanism : new perspectives on its origin and character / Jonathan Mark Kenoyer -- Stages in the development of "cities" in pre-imperial China / Lothar von Falkenhausen -- Early African cities : their role in the shaping of urban and rural interaction spheres / Chapurukha M. Kusimba -- Pomp and circumstance before Belize : ancient Maya commerce and the new river conurbation / K. Anne Pyburn -- Incidental urbanism : the structure of the prehispanic city in central Mexico / Kenneth G. Hirth -- Links in the chain of Inka cities : communication, alliance, and the cultural production of status, value, and power / Craig Morris -- Cities and urbanism : central themes and future directions / Joyce Marcus and Jeremy A. Sabloff UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007048199.html ER -