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Mediterranean Urbanization 800-600 BC (Hardcover)
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Mediterranean Urbanization 800-600 BC (Hardcover)
Series: Proceedings of the British Academy, 126
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Urban life as we know it in the Mediterranean began in the early
Iron Age: settlements of great size and internal diversity appear
in the archaeological record. This collection of essays offers for
the first time a systematic discussion of the beginnings of
urbanization across the Mediterranean, from Cyprus through Greece
and Italy to France and Spain. Leading scholars in the field look
critically at what is meant by urbanization, and analyze the social
processes that lead to the development of social complexity and the
growth of towns.
The introduction to the volume focuses on the history of the
archaeology of urbanization and argues that proper understanding of
the phenomenon demands loose and flexible criteria for what is
termed a "town." The following eight chapters examine the
development of individual settlements and patterns of urban
settlement in Cyprus, Greece, Etruria, Latium, southern Italy,
Sardinia, southern France and Spain. These chapters not only
provide a general review of current knowledge of urban settlements
of this period, but also raise significant issues of urbanization
and the economy, urbanization and political organization, and of
the degree of regionalism and diversity to be found within
individual towns.
The three analytical chapters which conclude this collection look
more broadly at the town as a cultural phenomenon that has to be
related to wider cultural trends, as an economic phenomenon that
has to be related to changes in the Mediterranean economy and as a
dynamic phenomenon, not merely a point on the map.
Wide ranging in its geographical coverage, this volume will be
essential reading for scholars and students of archaeology,
settlementstudies, the archaic period and geographers interested in
the history of urban forms.
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