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The archaeology of city-states : cross-cultural approaches / edited by Deborah L. Nichols and Thomas H. Charlton.
Penn Museum Library CC79.E85 A76 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnoarchaeology--Congresses.
- Ethnoarchaeology.
- Civilization, Ancient--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.
- Civilization, Ancient.
- Cross-cultural studies.
- City-states--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.
- City-states.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- Contending that the city-state was a significant cross-cultural regularity that state was a significant cross-cultural regularity that developed among geographically and historically separated civilizations, fifteen leading scholars use the archaeological record to explore the emergence, structure, and function of city-states in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, China, Greece, Okinawa, the Maya Lowlands, central Mexico, the Peruvian coast, and the Andes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-328) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1560987464
- 1560987227
- OCLC:
- 36590544
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