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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
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.
The Archaeological Study Of Neighborhoods And Districts In Ancient Cities, Michael E. Smith
The Archaeological Study Of Neighborhoods And Districts In Ancient Cities, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
Sprawl, Squatters, And Sustainable Cities: Can Archaeological Data Shed Light On Modern Urban Issues?, Michael E. Smith
Sprawl, Squatters, And Sustainable Cities: Can Archaeological Data Shed Light On Modern Urban Issues?, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
Ancient cities as documented by archaeologists and historians have considerable relevance for a broader understanding of modern cities and general processes of urbanization. This article reviews three themes that illustrate such relevance: sprawl, squatter settlements and urban sustainability. Archaeology's potential for illuminating these and other topics, however, remains largely unrealized because we have failed to develop the concepts and methods required to analyse such processes in the past. The following aspects are examined for each of the three themes: the modern situation, the potential insights that archaeology could contribute, and what archaeologists would need to do to produce those insights. …
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
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Ancient City, Edited By Joyce Marcus And Jeremy Sabloff, Michael E. Smith
Review Of The Ancient City, Edited By Joyce Marcus And Jeremy Sabloff, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
V. Gordon Childe And The Urban Revolution: An Historical Perspective On A Revolution In Urban Studies, Michael E. Smith
V. Gordon Childe And The Urban Revolution: An Historical Perspective On A Revolution In Urban Studies, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
City Planning: Aztec City Planning, Michael E. Smith
City Planning: Aztec City Planning, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
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.
La Cerámica Posclásica De Morelos, Michael E. Smith
La Cerámica Posclásica De Morelos, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
Sources Of Imported Obsidian At Postclassic Sites In The Yautepec Valley, Morelos: A Characterization Study Using Xrf And Inaa, Michael E. Smith, Adrian Burke, Timothy S. Hare, Michael D. Glascock
Sources Of Imported Obsidian At Postclassic Sites In The Yautepec Valley, Morelos: A Characterization Study Using Xrf And Inaa, Michael E. Smith, Adrian Burke, Timothy S. Hare, Michael D. Glascock
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
Tula And Chichén Itzá: Are We Asking The Right Questions?, Michael E. Smith
Tula And Chichén Itzá: Are We Asking The Right Questions?, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
El Imperio De La Triple Alianza (Tenochtitlan, Texcoco Y Tlacopan) En El Siglo Xxi, José Luis De Rojas, Michael E. Smith
El Imperio De La Triple Alianza (Tenochtitlan, Texcoco Y Tlacopan) En El Siglo Xxi, José Luis De Rojas, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
How Do Archaeologists Compare Early States? Book Review Essay On Bruce Trigger And Adam T. Smith, Michael E. Smith
How Do Archaeologists Compare Early States? Book Review Essay On Bruce Trigger And Adam T. Smith, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
Review Of: Ancient Middle Niger: Urbanism And The Self-Organizing Landscape , By Roderick J. Mcintosh, Michael E. Smith
Review Of: Ancient Middle Niger: Urbanism And The Self-Organizing Landscape , By Roderick J. Mcintosh, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
Foreward: Aztec Figurine Studies, Michael E. Smith
Foreward: Aztec Figurine Studies, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
New World States And Empires: Politics, Religion, And Urbanism, Michael E. Smith, Katherina J. Schreiber
New World States And Empires: Politics, Religion, And Urbanism, Michael E. Smith, Katherina J. Schreiber
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
La Fundación De Las Ciudades En El Mundo Antiguo: Revisión De Conceptos, Michael E. Smith
La Fundación De Las Ciudades En El Mundo Antiguo: Revisión De Conceptos, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
La Fundación De Los Capitales De Las Ciudades-Estado Aztecas: La Recreación Ideológico De Tollan, Michael E. Smith
La Fundación De Los Capitales De Las Ciudades-Estado Aztecas: La Recreación Ideológico De Tollan, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
City Size In Late Postclassic Mesoamerica, Michael E. Smith
City Size In Late Postclassic Mesoamerica, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
New World States And Empires: Economic And Social Organization, Michael E. Smith, Katharina J. Schreiber
New World States And Empires: Economic And Social Organization, Michael E. Smith, Katharina J. Schreiber
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
Did The Maya Build Architectural Cosmograms?, Michael E. Smith
Did The Maya Build Architectural Cosmograms?, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
Xoo-Phase Ceramics From Oaxaca Found At Calixtlahuaca In Central Mexico, Michael E. Smith, Lind Michael
Xoo-Phase Ceramics From Oaxaca Found At Calixtlahuaca In Central Mexico, Michael E. Smith, Lind Michael
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
Life In The Provinces Of The Aztec Empires, Michael E. Smith
Life In The Provinces Of The Aztec Empires, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
The Archaeology Of Ancient State Economies, Michael E. Smith
The Archaeology Of Ancient State Economies, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
Los Hogares De Morelos En El Sistema Mundial Mesoamericano Posclásico, Michael E. Smith
Los Hogares De Morelos En El Sistema Mundial Mesoamericano Posclásico, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
A Quarter-Century Of Aztec Studies, Michael E. Smith
A Quarter-Century Of Aztec Studies, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
Las Ofrendas De Calixtlahuaca, Michael E. Smith, Jennifer Wharton, Melissa Mccarron
Las Ofrendas De Calixtlahuaca, Michael E. Smith, Jennifer Wharton, Melissa Mccarron
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
Comercio Postclásico En La Cerámica Decorada: Malinalco, Toluca, Guerrero Y Morelos, Michael E. Smith
Comercio Postclásico En La Cerámica Decorada: Malinalco, Toluca, Guerrero Y Morelos, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.
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.
Aztec Feasts, Rituals, And Markets: Political Uses Of Ceramic Vessels In A Commercial Economy, Michael E. Smith, Jennifer Wharton, Jan Marie Olson
Aztec Feasts, Rituals, And Markets: Political Uses Of Ceramic Vessels In A Commercial Economy, Michael E. Smith, Jennifer Wharton, Jan Marie Olson
Michael E Smith
No abstract provided.