Intro -- Contents -- Preface - Michael E. Smith, M. Charlotte Arnauld, and Linda R. Manzanilla -- 1. Introduction: Neighborhoods and Districts in Ancient Mesoamerica - Michael E. Smith and Juliana Novic -- 2. Neighborhoods and the Civic Constitutions of Premodern Cities as Seen …
This volume will be of interest not only to scholars and student specialists of the Mesoamerican past but also to social scientists and urbanists looking to contrast ancient cultures worldwide.
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