Early Mesoamerican Cities: Urbanism and Urbanization in the Formative Period

ISBN-13: 9781108838511 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 350 str.

Love, Michael

Opis

This study of early cities in Mesoamerica will contribute significantly to the world-wide discourse on early cities and urbanism.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Early Mesoamerican Cities, Urbanism, and Urbanization in the Formative Period Michael Love; 2. Oaxaca's Formative Period Cities and their Implications for Early Urbanism in Mesoamerica Arthur A. Joyce; 3. Early Urbanization in the Formative Gulf Lowlands, Mexico Christopher A. Pool and Michael L. Loughlin; 4. Patterns of Early Urbanism in the Southern Maya Lowlands Marcello A. Canuto and Francisco Estrada-Belli; 5. The Role of Middle Preclassic Placemaking in the Creation of Late Preclassic Yucatecan Cities: The Foundations of Yaxuná Travis W. Stanton and Ryan H. Collins; 6. The City over the City: Kaminaljuyu and Urbanism Bárbara Arroyo; 7. The New Normal: Formative Period Cities on the Pacific Coast of Southern Mesoamerica Michael Love and Robert M. Rosenswig; 8. The Nature of Early Urbanism at Teotihuacan Saburo Sugiyama; 9. Art and Urbanity in Late Formative Mesoamerica Julia Guernsey and Stephanie M. Strauss; 10. Landscape and Leadership in Mesoamerican Cities: A Comparative View Monica L. Smith; 11. Experimental Cities? Norman Yoffee.