Urbanism in the Preindustrial World: Cross-Cultural Approaches

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List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Urban Demography of the Past Glenn R. Storey 1 THE WESTERN URBAN TRADITION 1. The Growth of Greek Cities in the First Millennium BC Ian Morris 27 2. Did the Population of Imperial Rome Reproduce Itself? Elio Lo Cascio 52 3. Epidemics, Age at Death, and Mortality in Ancient Rome Richard R. Paine and Glenn R. Storey 69 4. Seasonal Mortality in Imperial Rome and the Mediterranean: Three Problem Cases Brent D. Shaw 86 5. Population Relationships in and around Medieval Danish Towns Hans Christian Petersen, Jesper L. Boldsen, and Richard R. Paine 110 6. Colonial and Postcolonial New York: Issues of Size, Scale, and Structure Nan A. Rothschild 121 URBAN SOCIETY ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT 7. An Urban Population from Roman Upper Egypt Roger S. Bagnall 139 Contents 8. Precolonial African Cities: Size and Density Chapurukha Kusimba, Sibel Barut Kusimba, and Babatunde Agbaje-Williams 145 FAR EASTERN URBANIZATION 9. Urbanization in China: Erlitou and Its Hinterland Li Liu 161 10. Population Growth and Change in the Ancient City of Kyongju Sarah M. Nelson 190 11. Population Dynamics and Urbanism in Premodern Island Southeast Asia Laura Lee Junker 203 URBAN CENTERS OF THE NEW WORLD 12. Identifying Tiwanaku Urban Populations: Style, Identity, and Ceremony in Andean Cities John Wayne Janusek and Deborah E. Blom 233 13. Late Classic Maya Population: Characteristics and Implications Don S. Rice 252 14. Mortality through Time in an Impoverished Residence of the Precolumbian City of Teotihuacan: A Paleodemographic View Rebecca Storey 277 15. The Evolution of Regional Demography and Settlement in the Prehispanic Basin of Mexico L. J. Goren®o 295 CROSS-CULTURAL SYNTHESIS 16. Factoring the Countryside into Urban Populations David B. Small 317 17. Shining Stars and Black Holes: Population and Preindustrial Cities Deborah L. Nichols 330 References 341 Contributors 409 Index 415 viii contents ...