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The ancient Indus : urbanism, economy, and society /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wright, Rita P.
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:Case studies in early societies.
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • A long-forgotten civilization
  • Geographical and environmental settings
  • From foraging to farming and pastoralism
  • An era of expansion and transformation
  • Urbanism and states: cities, regions, and edge zones
  • Agropastoral and craft-producing economies I
  • Intensification and specialization
  • Agropastoral and craft-producing economies II
  • Diversification, organization of production, and distribution
  • The lure of distant lands
  • Landscapes of order and difference
  • the cultural construction of space, place, and social difference
  • Models for Indus religious ideologies
  • The decline and transformation and the comparative study of early states.