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The archaeology of city-states : cross-cultural approaches / edited by Deborah L. Nichols and Thomas H. Charlton.

Contributor(s): Nichols, Deborah L | Charlton, Thomas H
Material type: TextTextSeries: Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry: Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997Description: xvi, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1560987227 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1560987464 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Ethnoarchaeology -- Congresses | Civilization, Ancient -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses | City-states -- Cross-cultural studies -- CongressesDDC classification: 930.1 LOC classification: CC79.E85 | A76 1997Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-328) and index.
Contents:
The city-state concept: development and applications / Thomas H. Charlton and Deborah L. Nichols -- City-states and their centers: the Mesopotamian example / Elizabeth Stone -- City-states, nation-states, and territorial states: the problem of Egypt / Robert J. Wenke -- Early city-states in South Asia: comparing the Harappan phase and early historic period / Jonathan Mark Kenoyer -- The city-state in ancient China / Robin D.S. Yates -- An archaeology of equalities? The Greek city-states / Ian Morris -- City-state dynamics through a Greek lens / David Small -- The Chuzan Kingdom of Okinawa as a city-state / Richard Pearson -- City-states of the Maya / David Webster -- The archaeological signature of complexity in the Maya lowlands / K. Anne Pyburn -- 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 -- When is a city-state? Archaeological measures of Aztec city-states and Aztec city-state systems / Mary G. Hodge -- Early state formation on the north coast of Peru: a critique of the city-state model / David J. Wilson -- Of kings and capitals: principles of authority and the nature of cities in the native Andean state / Alan L. Kolata -- The obvious and the chimerical: city-states in archaeological perspective / Norman Yoffee.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-328) and index.

The city-state concept: development and applications / Thomas H. Charlton and Deborah L. Nichols -- City-states and their centers: the Mesopotamian example / Elizabeth Stone -- City-states, nation-states, and territorial states: the problem of Egypt / Robert J. Wenke -- Early city-states in South Asia: comparing the Harappan phase and early historic period / Jonathan Mark Kenoyer -- The city-state in ancient China / Robin D.S. Yates -- An archaeology of equalities? The Greek city-states / Ian Morris -- City-state dynamics through a Greek lens / David Small -- The Chuzan Kingdom of Okinawa as a city-state / Richard Pearson -- City-states of the Maya / David Webster -- The archaeological signature of complexity in the Maya lowlands / K. Anne Pyburn -- 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 -- When is a city-state? Archaeological measures of Aztec city-states and Aztec city-state systems / Mary G. Hodge -- Early state formation on the north coast of Peru: a critique of the city-state model / David J. Wilson -- Of kings and capitals: principles of authority and the nature of cities in the native Andean state / Alan L. Kolata -- The obvious and the chimerical: city-states in archaeological perspective / Norman Yoffee.

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