A culmination of Vogel's sixteen-year study of Casma culture, this book helps us understand the relationships between polities of the ancient world, how they built connections to other towns or cities outside and within their own boundaries, and demonstrates the importance of cities and urbanism in the development and collapse of complex societies.
Ancient Cities of the New World
Series Description:
The University Press of Florida is proud to announce the creation of a new series devoted to the study of the ancient urban sites of Mesoamerica and South America. This series is designed to present theories, models, and approaches that shed light on the region's diverse, ancient urban patterns and polity organization. Major, overarching topics to be explored in the series are urban form (size, architecture, and layout) and urban lifestyles (ethnicity, gender, households, neighborhoods, and craft activities)
This series has ended and is no longer accepting submissions.
There are 6 books in this series.
Please note that while you may order forthcoming books at any time, they will not be available for shipment until shortly before publication date
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