Making cities: Economies of production and urbanization in Mediterranean Europe, 1000–500 BC
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Authors
Gleba, Margarita
Marín-Aguilera, Beatriz
Dimova, Bela
Publication Date
2021-09-28ISBN
978-1-913344-06-1
Publisher
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Type
Book
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Gleba, M., Marín-Aguilera, B., & Dimova, B. (2021). Making cities: Economies of production and urbanization in Mediterranean Europe, 1000–500 BC. [Book]. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.76133
Abstract
Large and complex settlements appeared across the north Mediterranean during the period 1000–500 bc, from the Aegean basin to Iberia, as well as north of the Alps. The region also became considerably more interconnected. Urban life and networks fostered new consumption practices, requiring different economic and social structures to sustain them. This book considers the emergence of cities in Mediterranean Europe, with a focus on the economy. What was distinctive about urban lifeways across the Mediterranean? How did different economic activities interact, and how did they transform power hierarchies? How was urbanism sustained by economic structures, social relations and mobility? The authors bring to the debate recently excavated sites and regions that may be unfamiliar to wider (especially Anglophone) scholarship, alongside fresh reappraisals of well-known cities. The variety of urban life, economy and local dynamics prompts us to reconsider ancient urbanism through a comparative perspective.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.76133
This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.76133
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