Making ancient cities plausible

Reviews in Anthropology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 264-289

  Yoffee, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient cities; Evolution of urban societies; Urban history

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649758325     PISSN: 00938157     EISSN: 15563014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00938150903331171     Document Type: Article

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