Feeding Cities

Feeding Cities Specialized Animal Economy in the Ancient Near East - Smithsonian Series in Archaeological Inquiry

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An anthropologist with the Smithsonian presents a new approach to studying the development of cities and centralized states. Focusing on the Kur River Basin (in modern Iran) from the first human habitation to the first collapse of civilization, she uses the management and distribution of animals as an index of the economic factors necessary for a c

Book information

ISBN: 9780874749960
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Imprint: Smithsonian Institution Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 330.93501
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 280
Weight: 609g
Height: 238mm
Width: 160mm
Spine width: 19mm