Book contents
- The Cambridge World History
- Series page
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: a history of the study of early cities
- Part I Early cities as arenas of performance
- Part II Early cities and information technologies
- 6 Urbanization and the techniques of communication: the Mesopotamian city of Uruk during the fourth millenniumBCE
- 7 Writing and the city in early China
- 8 Reading early Maya cities: interpreting the role of writing in urbanization
- 9 Inka administration in Tawantinsuyu by means of the knotted-cords
- 10 Writing and record-keeping in early cities
- Part III Early urban landscapes
- Part IV Early cities and the distribution of power
- Part V Early cities as creations
- Part VI Early imperial cities
- Index
8 - Reading early Maya cities: interpreting the role of writing in urbanization
from Part II - Early cities and information technologies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2015
- The Cambridge World History
- Series page
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: a history of the study of early cities
- Part I Early cities as arenas of performance
- Part II Early cities and information technologies
- 6 Urbanization and the techniques of communication: the Mesopotamian city of Uruk during the fourth millenniumBCE
- 7 Writing and the city in early China
- 8 Reading early Maya cities: interpreting the role of writing in urbanization
- 9 Inka administration in Tawantinsuyu by means of the knotted-cords
- 10 Writing and record-keeping in early cities
- Part III Early urban landscapes
- Part IV Early cities and the distribution of power
- Part V Early cities as creations
- Part VI Early imperial cities
- Index
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- The Cambridge World History , pp. 158 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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