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Overview"Cities are the largest ""artifacts"" investigated by archaeologists--entities that have been under academic scrutiny for a long time. Urban places are both physical and social agglomerations, fostering the most intense interaction of any human settlement. Archaeological evidence illustrates how ancient cities worldwide were similar in origin, development, and maturation, showing considerable isomorphism with modern cities. Glenn R Storey explores issues of definition and the essential elements of cities, offers a new heuristic typology of cities, and reviews case studies of six ancient cities (Copan, Great Zimbabwe, Gyeongju, Hierakonpolis, Rome, and Teotihuacan) with illustrative exercises at the end of each chapter. Urban planning, both ancient and modern, helps us understand the explosive increase in human activity in cities." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Glenn R. StoreyPublisher: Eliot Werner Publications Inc Imprint: Eliot Werner Publications Inc Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.280kg ISBN: 9781733376907ISBN 10: 1733376909 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 10 November 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"Overall, urban novice or old hand, this is a useful book that shares the palpable depth and breadth of Storey's knowledge of many complex aspects of cities, both in terms of data and theory. Every reader is bound to get something out of this volume. --Gaydarska, Bisserka, Antiquity, Volume 95, Issue 383, October 2021 ""He combines his years of experience in researching and writing about Roman urbanism, plus archaeological side-trips to Teotihuacan and Copan, with a truly worldwide knowledge of early cities that not only introduces beginning students to archaeology and ancient urbanism but one that general readers and professionals in a number of fields, such as urban planning, history, architecture, and, more generally, the social sciences and humanities, will find enlightening."" --Emerson,Thomas E., Illinois State Archaeological Survey, MCJA Book Reviews Volume 45, 2020 ""This book covers theoretical and methodological perspectives and diverse case studies through accessible writing, making it a nice addition to introductory courses on urbanism. To this end, the exercises provided at the end of each chapter are interesting and informative. . . . alternative perspectives and analytical tools are provided, all of which should support fruitful discussion in both teaching and future research."" --Murakami, Tatsuya, American Antiquity, 23 June, 2021" Storey embraces a truly global approach to understanding what makes the city a unique social arrangement and connects the archaeology of ancient urban centers with contemporary concerns such as density, sociability, and planning. Anyone interested in the uniquely human phenomenon of urban life should read this lively and accessible book. Traci Ardren, University of Miami Most people live in cities but few students learn how this came to be. This book represents a first-of-its-kind resource: a highly readable and well-documented primer for courses dealing with the origins and variability of early cities. Provides students with foundational frameworks for understanding the deeply rooted human experience with urbanism. David M. Carballo, Boston University Storey has put together an original, well-constructed, and much needed primer on urban studies. The exercises that conclude each chapter serve as excellent foci for class discussion. I recommend this work as an excellent text in a variety of courses, and wish I had access to it when I taught cultural evolution. David B. Small, Lehigh University Author InformationGlenn R. Storey is Associate Professor of Classics and Anthropology at the University of Iowa. He has a BA (Ancient Greek) from Columbia University, an honours bachelor's degree from Oxford University in Classical Greats, and an MA and PhD in anthropology from Penn State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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