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Empirical Urban Theory For Archaeologists, Michael E. Smith
Empirical Urban Theory For Archaeologists, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
I review several bodies of empirical urban theory relevant to the archaeological analysis of ancient cities. Empirical theory is a type of “middle-range theory” (following Robert Merton): sets of concepts and methods that are less abstract, and have greater empirical content, than igh-level social theory. The categories of theory reviewed here include environment-behavior theory, architectural communication theory, space syntax, urban morphology, reception theory, generative planning theory, normative theory, and city size theory. Most of these approaches originated in the fields of architecture, planning, and geography, and they directly link the urban-built environment to the actions of people within cities.
Editorial: Just How Comparative Is Comparative Urban Geography?: A Perspective From Archaeology, Michael E. Smith
Editorial: Just How Comparative Is Comparative Urban Geography?: A Perspective From Archaeology, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
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Form And Meaning In The Earliest Cities: A New Approach To Ancient Urban Planning, Michael E. Smith
Form And Meaning In The Earliest Cities: A New Approach To Ancient Urban Planning, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
This paper won the Catherine Bauer Wurster Prize for the “Best Scholarly Article on American Planning History” for 2007 by the Society for American City and Regional Planning History.
Can We Read Cosmology From Maya City Plans? Comment On Ashmore And Sabloff, Michael E. Smith
Can We Read Cosmology From Maya City Plans? Comment On Ashmore And Sabloff, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
Please see the response to this paper by Ashmore and Sabloff.