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The ancient Indus : urbanism, economy, and society/ Rita P Wright.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.Edition: 1st South Asia edDescription: xix, 396 p. : ill., mapes ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781107000261
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 934 WRI
Contents:
1. A long forgotten civilization;ation: decline, transition and transformation. 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. Models for indus rleligious ideologies 11. The decline and transformation and the comparative study of early states
Summary: 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.
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1. A long forgotten civilization;ation: decline, transition and transformation. 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. Models for indus rleligious ideologies 11. The decline and transformation and the comparative study of early states

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.

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