Coming Together

Comparative Approaches to Population Aggregation and Early Urbanization

By Attila Gyucha | Publisher: State University of New York Press

About the book

The pursuit for universally applicable definitions of the terms \"urban\" and \"city\" has frequently distracted scholars from scrutinizing processes of how ancient nucleated settlements evolved and developed. Based on the premise that similar social dynamics to a great extent governed nucleation trajectories throughout human history, Coming Together focuses on both prehistoric aggregated and early urban settlements. Drawing from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, archaeologists, anthropologists, and classicists discuss how nucleation unfolded in strikingly different sociopolitical contexts in North America, Europe, and the Near East. The major themes of the volume are nucleation's origins, pathways to sustainability, and the transformative role of these sites in sociopolitical and cultural change.

Editions of Coming Together

Hardcover
ISBN 9781438472775
Paperback
ISBN 9781438472768
PDF
ISBN 9781438472782

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The pursuit for universally applicable definitions of the terms \"urban\" and \"city\" has frequently distracted scholars from scrutinizing processes of how ancient nucleated settlements evolved and developed. Based on the premise that similar social dynamics to a great extent governed nucleation trajectories throughout human history, Coming Together focuses on both prehistoric aggregated and early urban settlements. Drawing from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, archaeologists, anthropologists, and classicists discuss how nucleation unfolded in strikingly different sociopolitical contexts in North America, Europe, and the Near East. The major themes of the volume are nucleation's origins, pathways to sustainability, and the transformative role of these sites in sociopolitical and cultural change.

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What is Coming Together about?

The pursuit for universally applicable definitions of the terms \"urban\" and \"city\" has frequently distracted scholars from scrutinizing processes of how ancient nucleated settlements evolved and developed. Based on the premise that similar social dynamics to a great extent governed nucleation trajectories throughout human history, Coming Together focuses on both prehistoric aggregated and early urban settlements. Drawing from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, archaeologists, anthropologists, and classicists discuss how nucleation unfolded in strikingly different sociopolitical contexts in North America, Europe, and the Near East. The major themes of the volume are nucleation's origins, pathways to sustainability, and the transformative role of these sites in sociopolitical and cultural change.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Coming Together?

History and Archaeology > Archaeology

Where can I read a sample of Coming Together?

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How long is Coming Together and how many pages does it have?

Coming Together has 402 page(s)

Is Coming Together part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

Yes it is a part of series SUNY series, The Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology Distinguished Monograph Series

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Coming Together?

Attila Gyucha

Who is the Publisher of the book Coming Together?

State University of New York Press

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Coming Together is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781438472775) and paperback(ISBN 9781438472768) and pdf(ISBN 9781438472782)

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