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Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization

Jonathan M. Kenoyer

出版	Oxford University Press, 1998
主題	History / Ancient / GeneralHistory / Asia / South / GeneralHistory / WorldSocial Science / ArchaeologySocial Science / Sociology / Urban
ISBN	01957794019780195779400
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DK3tAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

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Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization presents a refreshingly new perspective on the earliest cities of Pakistan and western India (2600-1900 BC). Through a careful examination of the most recent archaeological discoveries from excavations in both Pakistan and India, the author provides a stimulating discussion on the nature of the early cities and their inhabitants. This detailed study of the Indus architecture and civic organization also takes into account the distinctive crafts and technological developments that accompanied the emergence of urbanism. Indus trade and economy as well as political and religious organizations are illuminated through comparisons with other contemporaneous civilizations in Mesopotamia and Central Asia and through ethnoarchaeological studies in later cultures of South Asia.