Rita P. Wright (New York University)

The Ancient Indus

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this volume, Rita P. Wright uses both Mesopotamian texts and the results of archaeological excavations and surveys to draw a rich account of the Indus civilisation's well-planned cities, its sophisticated alterations to the landscape, and the complexities of its agrarian and craft-producing economy.

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Produktdetails

• Case Studies in Early Societies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 128g
• ISBN-13: 9780521576529
• ISBN-10: 0521576520
• Artikelnr.: 25284016

Autorenporträt

Rita P. Wright is Associate Professor of Anthropology at New York University. A John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow, she has conducted archaeological field research in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. She is the editor of Gender and Archaeology and co-editor, with Cathy L. Costin, of Craft and Social Identity.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A long forgotten civilization
2. Geographical and environmental settings
3. From foraging to farming and pastoralism
4. An expanded world of peer polities
5. Urbanism and states: cities, regions and edge zones
6. Agrarian and craft producing economies - intensification and specialization
7. Agrarian and craft producing economies - diversification, organization of production, and exchange
8. The lure of distant lands
9. Landscapes of order and difference - the cultural construction of space, place and material access
10. The final days of urbanism and the Indus civilization: decline, transition and transformation.