Screen LibraryThe ancient Indus：urbanism, economy, and society
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Case studies in early societies |
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 396 p.: ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780521572194 (hardback) 0521572193 (hardback) 9780521576529 (pbk.) 0521576520 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | K351 |
| CLC: | K351.03 |
| Call Number: | K351.03/W952 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-383) and index. A long-forgotten civilization -- Geographical and environmental settings -- From foraging to farming and pastoralism -- An era of expansion and transformation -- Urbanism and states: cities, regions, and edge zones -- Agropastoral and craft-producing economies I - Intensification and specialization -- Agropastoral and craft-producing economies II - Diversification, organization of production, and distribution -- The lure of distant lands -- Landscapes of order and difference - the cultural construction of space, place, and social difference -- Models for Indus religious ideologies -- The dec |