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Book Title
The Ancient Indus: Urbanism, Economy, and Society
Publication Date
2009-10-26
ISBN
9780521576529
Subject Area
Social Science
Publication Name
Ancient Indus : Urbanism, Economy, and Society
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Item Length
9.1 in
Subject
Archaeology
Publication Year
2009
Series
Case Studies in Early Societies Ser.
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Rita P. Wright
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
418 Pages

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In this volume, Rita P. Wright uses both Mesopotamian texts and the results of archaeological excavations and surveys to draw a rich account of the Indus civilisation's well-planned cities, its sophisticated alterations to the landscape, and the complexities of its agrarian and craft-producing economy.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521576520
ISBN-13
9780521576529
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70335908

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
418 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Ancient Indus : Urbanism, Economy, and Society
Publication Year
2009
Subject
Archaeology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science
Author
Rita P. Wright
Series
Case Studies in Early Societies Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2008-020090
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Wright provides a comprehensive and compelling account of the Indus civilization of ancient Pakistan and India. Although she does not neglect material culture, her focus is on the interconnections among climate, geography, agriculture, pastoralism, craft specialization, political economy, internal exchange, trade, urbanism, and ideology that characterize the Indus civilization and help explain its origins, maturation, and decline. Highly recommended." -Choice, '[This] book is a welcome addition to scholarship on the Indus civilization as it is deals with a broad range of sources and chronological periods in a well-structured and rigorous manner. It should not only be on reading lists for courses on South Asian archaeology but for all courses on early states as it provides an excellent summary of the current state of Indus research in terms of data, debates and theory.' Archaeological Review from Cambridge, "...an important benchmark in the study of the ancient Indus." -Gethin Rees, Archaeological Review from Cambridge, "The Ancient Indus, like other books in the Case Studies in Early Societies series, gives an excellent introduction to all important exemplar of the archaic state. Wright's accessible account of this civilization forms and history ensures the volume's suit ability for graduate and undergraduate courses dealing with South Asian culture history, comparative analyses of ancient states, and the varied methods employed in their study" -Ed Schortman, American Anthropologist, "...this book is definitely an important contribution to the field because it presents a wide range of new data collected by the author in the larger context of the field of Indus studies." -Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, Journal of Anthropological Research, 'The Ancient Indus, like other books in the Case Studies in Early Societies series, gives an excellent introduction to an important exemplar of the archaic state. Wright's accessible account of this civilization's forms and history ensures the volume's suitability for graduate and undergraduate courses dealing with South Asian culture history, comparative analyses of ancient states, and the varied methods employed in their study.' American Anthropologist, 'Wright provides a comprehensive and compelling account of the Indus civilization of ancient Pakistan and India. Although she does not neglect material culture, her focus is on the interconnections among climate, geography, agriculture, pastoralism, craft specialization, political economy, internal exchange, trade, urbanism, and ideology that characterize the Indus civilization and help explain its origins, maturation, and decline. Highly recommended.' Choice
Series Volume Number
Series Number 10
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
934
Lc Classification Number
Ds425.W75 2009
Table of Content
1. A long forgotten civilization; 2. Geographical and environmental settings; 3. From foraging to farming and pastoralism; 4. An expanded world of peer polities; 5. Urbanism and states: cities, regions and edge zones; 6. Agrarian and craft producing economies - intensification and specialization; 7. Agrarian and craft producing economies - diversification, organization of production, and exchange; 8. The lure of distant lands; 9. Landscapes of order and difference - the cultural construction of space, place and material access; 10. The final days of urbanism and the Indus civilization: decline, transition and transformation.
Copyright Date
2009

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