URSI 110--The City
City Precursors
Key Ideas:
- “The
city is society etched into the earth.” Paul Chombart
de Lauwe
- Purpose
of cities
- Sacred
precinct
- Cemetery
- Seat
of power/kingship
- Purpose
of walls
- Sense
of space
- Material
culture
- Transportation
Neolithic Cities
Mesopotamia
Harappa
© 2006 A.J.Filipovitch
Revised 23 May 06