Emergence and Change in Early Urban Societies

Introduction: Early Urban Societies: Challenges and Perspectives; L. Manzanilla. Old World: Arlantepe-Malatya: External Factors and Local Components in the Development of an Early State Society; M. Frangipane. Urbanism and the Rise of Complex Society and the Early State in Egypt; K.A. Bard. China's First Cities: The Walled Site of Wangchenggang in the Central Plain Region of North China; W. Wiesheu. New World: Teothihuacan: Urban Archetype, Cosmic Model; L. Manzanilla. Ideology, Power, and State Formation in the Valley of Oaxaca; A.A. Joyce. Clues to the System of Power in the City of Oxkintok; (Mexico) M.R. Dorado. Reconstructing Huari: A Cultural Chronology for the Capital City; W.H. Isbell. Political Institutional Factors Contributing to the Integration of the Tiwanaku State; D.L. Browman. Population and Agriculture in the Emergence of Complex in the Bolivian Altiplano: The Case of Tiwanaku; J.E. Mathews. Conclusion: Recapitulation and Concluding Remarks; L. Manzanilla. Index.