Making ancient cities : space and place in early urban societies / edited by Andrew T. Creekmore, Kevin D. Fisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Making Ancient Cities : New Perspectives on the Production of Urban Places / Kevin D. Fisher, Andrew T. Creekmore III -- 2. The social production of space in third millennium cities of Upper Mesopotamia / Andy Creekmore -- 3.North Mesopotamian Urban Space at Titriş Höyük in the Third Millennium B.C. / Yoko Nishimura -- 4. Swahili urban spaces of the East African coast / Stephanie Wynne-Jones, Jeffrey Fleisher -- 5. Urban Identities : Social and Spatial Production at Classic Period Chunchucmil, Yucatán, Mexico / Aline Magnoni,... [et al] -- 6. Making the first cities on Cyprus : urbanism and social change in the Late Bronze Age / Kevin D. Fisher -- 7. Urbanization and the emergence of the Greek Polis : The case of Azoria, Crete / Rodney Fitzsimons -- 8. The rise of a Neopalatial city and the (re)construction of its hinterlands : A view from Galatas / D. Matthew Buell -- 9. Cahokia : The Processes and Principles of Creation of an Early Mississippian City / John Kelly, James A. Brown -- 10. Comparing East and West : Aspects of urban manufacture and retail in the capitals of the Roman and Han Empires / Anna Razeto -- 11. Ancient Open Space, Gardens, and Parks : A Comparative Discussion for Mesoamerican Urbanism / Barbara L. Stark -- 12. Different Cities / Norman Yoffee.

This volume investigates how the structure and use of space developed and changed in cities, and examines the role of different societal groups in shaping urbanism. Culturally and chronologically diverse case studies provide a basis to examine recent theoretical and methodological shifts in the archaeology of ancient cities. The book's primary goal is to examine how ancient cities were made by the people who lived in them. The authors argue that there is a mutually constituting relationship between urban form and the actions and interactions of a plurality of individuals, groups, and institutions, each with their own motivations and identities. Space is therefore socially produced as these agents operate in multiple spheres.