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Emergence and Change in Early Urban Societies

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Editors:
  1. Linda Manzanilla

    1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

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Part of the book series: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology (FIAR)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Early Urban Societies

      • Linda Manzanilla
      Pages 3-39

  3. Old World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Arslantepe-Malatya

      • Marcelia Frangipane
      Pages 43-58

    3. Urbanism and the Rise of Complex Society and the Early State in Egypt

      • Kathryn A. Bard
      Pages 59-86

    4. China’s First Cities

      • Walburga Wiesheu
      Pages 87-105

  4. New World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-108
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    2. Teotihuacan

      • Linda Manzanilla
      Pages 109-131

    3. Ideology, Power, and State Formation in the Valley of Oaxaca

      • Arthur A. Joyce
      Pages 133-168

    4. Clues to the System of Power in the City of Oxkintok

      • Miguel Rivera Dorado
      Pages 169-179

    5. Reconstructing Huari

      • William H. Isbell
      Pages 181-227

    6. Political Institutional Factors Contributing to the Integration of the Tiwanaku State

      • David L. Browman
      Pages 229-243

    7. Population and Agriculture in the Emergence of Complex Society in the Bolivian Altiplano

      • James Edward Mathews
      Pages 245-271

  5. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273
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    2. Recapitulation and Concluding Remarks

      • Linda Manzanilla
      Pages 275-285

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 287-301
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About this book

This book gives an overview of different factors involved in the emergence and change in early urban societies in fourth-millennium Mesopotamia and Egypt; pre-Shang China; Classie horizon Central Mexico, Oaxaca, and the Maya Area; and Middle Horizon societies in the Andean Region. These factors range from centralized storage and redistributive econo­ mies, agromanagerial models, mercantile network control, confliet and conquest, conversion of military commanders into administrators, political power through monumental cosmic reproduction, and elite power through ideological change. It discusses specific archaeological data useful in theoretieal construction. In the Introduction, a discussion of different developmental processes of urban societies is made. The Eastern Anatolian example emphasizes the role played by interregional exchange networks linking the Mesopotamian plains with the Syro-Anatolian regions. The emergence of an elite is related with the control of the movement of craft goods and raw materials, more than with the appropriation of subsistence goods. The Chinese example stresses the importance of conflict provoked by demographie pressures on resources. The Mesoamerican cases relate to vast urban developments and manu­ facturing centers, ideological importance of monumental planning, and changing behavior of elites. The Andean cases are related either to the transformation of theocratie leadership into military administrators oe to the agricultural intensification model.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

    Linda Manzanilla

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Emergence and Change in Early Urban Societies

  • Editors: Linda Manzanilla

  • Series Title: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1848-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45494-3Published: 30 November 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-1850-5Published: 19 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-1848-2Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1567-8040

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 302

  • Topics: Archaeology

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