Michael E. Smith (Arizona State University)

Broschiertes Buch

Urban Life in the Distant Past

Beschreibung

This book is for professionals, students, and general readers interested in ancient cities. It takes a transdisciplinary and scientific approach and presents a series of 30 case studies of early cities. Readers will find descriptions of specific ancient settlements, set in a thematically-organized novel framework.

Autor

Michael Smith is Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. An archaeologist who has directed excavations at Aztec sites, he has forged a new approach to the scientific and comparative analysis of early cities based on transdisciplinary research projects that link ancient and contemporary urbanism.  He has published fifteen books and more than 150 articles.

Produktdetails

• Urban Archaeological Pasts
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9781009249003
• ISBN-10: 1009249002
• Artikelnr.: 70601652