{"product_id":"eurasia-at-the-dawn-of-history-urbanization-and-social-change-hardback-9781107147409","title":"Eurasia at the Dawn of History; Urbanization and Social Change (Hardback) 9781107147409","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEurasia at the Dawn of History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUrbanization and Social Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is an interdisciplinary study of the development of the first cities and early state formations of ancient Eurasia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eManuel Fernández-Götz (Edited by), Dirk Krausse (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107147409, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 January 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e436 pages\u003cbr\u003e26 x 18.5 x 3.1 cm, 1.09 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOur current world is characterized by life in cities, the existence of social inequalities, and increasing individualization. When and how did these phenomena arise? What was the social and economic background for the development of hierarchies and the first cities? The authors of this volume analyze the processes of centralization, cultural interaction, and social differentiation that led to the development of the first urban centres and early state formations of ancient Eurasia, from the Atlantic coasts to China. The chronological framework spans a period from the Neolithic to the Late Iron Age, with a special focus on the early first millennium BC. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach structured around the concepts of identity and materiality, this book addresses the appearance of a range of key phenomena that continue to shape our world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Between Myth and Logos: 1. Materialities of complexity in ancient Eurasia Manuel Fernández-Götz and Dirk Krausse\u003cbr\u003e 2. Cognitive archaeology and the making of the human mind Colin Renfrew\u003cbr\u003e 3. History of writing, history of rationality David Olson\u003cbr\u003e 4. The impact of social differentiation on identity: lights and shadows of the individualization process Almudena Hernando\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Neolithic conquest of the Mediterranean Jean Guilaine\u003cbr\u003e 6. Low-density urbanism: the case of the Trypillia group of Ukraine John Chapman and Bisserka Gaydarska\u003cbr\u003e 7. From the Neolithic to the Iron Age – demography and social agglomeration: the development of centralized control? Johannes Müller\u003cbr\u003e 8. Early state formation from a big history point of view Fred Spier\u003cbr\u003e 9. Reframing ancient economies: new models, new questions Gary Feinman\u003cbr\u003e 10. How can archaeologists identify early cities? Definitions, types, and attributes Michael E. Smith\u003cbr\u003e 11. Towns between de-territorialisation and networking: on the dynamics of urbanization in the global context Hans-Peter Hahn\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Ancient Civilizations at the Turn of the Axis: 12. Egypt in the 'axial age' Jan Assmann\u003cbr\u003e 13. Conservative vs innovative cultural areas in the Near East Mario Liverani\u003cbr\u003e 14. Elite burials in first-millennium BC China: towards individualization Alain Thote\u003cbr\u003e 15. Giant tumuli of the Iron Age: tradition – monumentality – knowledge transfer Svend Hansen\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Times of Connectivity: The Mediterranean on the Move: 16. Agency, structure, and the unconscious in the longue durée John Bintliff\u003cbr\u003e 17. Phoenicians abroad: from merchant venturers to colonists María Eugenia Aubet\u003cbr\u003e 18. Spheres of interaction: temperate Europe and the Mediterranean world in the Iron Age John E. Collis\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Early Urban Cultures from South to North: 19. The determinacy of space and state formation in archaic Greece Jonathan M. Hall\u003cbr\u003e 20. Intercultural networks and urbanization in Southern Italy in the early Iron Age Massimo Osanna\u003cbr\u003e 21. Power and place in Etruria Simon Stoddart\u003cbr\u003e 22. Urbanization processes and cultural change in the early Iron Age of Central Europe Manuel Fernández-Götz and Dirk Krausse\u003cbr\u003e 23. Founding rituals and myths in the Keltiké Martín Almagro-Gorbea\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Changing Symbols, Changing Minds?: 24. Phase transition, axial age, and axis displacement: from the Hallstatt to the La Tène culture Rudolf Echt\u003cbr\u003e 25. Early Celtic art in context Otto-Herman Frey\u003cbr\u003e 26. Images, ornament, and cognition in early La Tène Europe: a new style for a changing world Peter S. Wells\u003cbr\u003e 27. The network genesis of the La Tène cultures: a western point of view Pierre-Yves Milcent.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Prehistoric archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Prehistoric archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Prehistoric%20archaeology%20%5BHDDA%5D%22\"\u003eHDDA\u003c\/a\u003e], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909211087128,"sku":"9781107147409","price":103.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107147409i_c865c2f6-246a-4b1d-be6b-4f750b937a7f.jpg?v=1691362284","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/eurasia-at-the-dawn-of-history-urbanization-and-social-change-hardback-9781107147409","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}