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Manuel Fernandez-Got - Paths to Complexity: Centralisation and Urbanisation in Iron Age Europe - 9781782977230 - V9781782977230
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Paths to Complexity: Centralisation and Urbanisation in Iron Age Europe

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Description for Paths to Complexity: Centralisation and Urbanisation in Iron Age Europe Hardcover. Editor(s): Fernandez-Gotz, Manuel; Wendling, Holger; Winger, Katja. Num Pages: 248 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Exploring the origins of urbanism – the emergence and development of the first cities, has long constituted one of the main challenges of archaeological and ancient historical research. Studying cities in a long-term and cross-cultural perspective links the past with the present, allowing a better understanding of one of the most important developments in human history. Moreover, archaeological research on ancient cities can contribute to a better understanding of contemporary processes of urbanisation.

The 21 papers in this volume aim bring together the latest continental and English-speaking research with contributions by well-established researchers and younger colleagues providing innovative ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxbow Books
Condition
New
Signed by the author
;Yes
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782977230
SKU
V9781782977230
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About Manuel Fernandez-Got
Manuel Fernández-Götz is Reader in European Archaeology and Head of the Archaeology Department at the University of Edinburgh. He has authored ca. 200 publications and held visiting scholar positions at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Brown, among others. His main research interests are Iron Age societies in Central and Western Europe, the archaeology of identities, and conflict archaeology. He ... Read more

Reviews for Paths to Complexity: Centralisation and Urbanisation in Iron Age Europe
The present volume….boasts several traits that put it ahead of the rest: first, it successfully covers all of the most significant new developments in both Eastern and Western Europe, during both the Early and Late Iron Ages. Secondly, written entirely in English, it has the merit of rendering accessible to the English-speaking scholarly community the latest news on continental research. ... Read more

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