This page will contain information about the comparative study of ancient cities and urbanism. I am starting out with information and references to my own work on this topic, but I plan to expand and add material and links as I have time. Right now there is nothing here that is not already found on my other web pages.

Book Series: Ancient Cities of the New World

Article: Smith, ME. (2008) City Planning: Aztec City Planning. In: Encyclopaedia of the History of Non-Westsern Science, Technology and Medicine, 2nd edition, edited by Helaine Selin. vol. 1, pp. 577-578. Springer.

Article: Smith, Michael E. (2007) Form and Meaning in the Earliest Cities: A New Approach to Ancient Urban Planning. Journal of Planning History 6(1):3-47.

Article: Smith, Michael E. (2005) City Size in Late Postclassic Mesoamerica. Journal of Urban History 31:403-434.

Book chapter: Smith, Michael E. (2002) The Earliest Cities. In Urban Life: Readings in Urban Anthropology, edited by George Gmelch and Walter Zenner, pp. 3-19. 4th ed. Waveland Press, Prospect Heights, IL

Encyclopedia chapter:  Smith, Michael E. (2001) Urbanization. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures: The Civilizations of Mexico and Central America, edited by Davíd Carrasco, pp. 290-294. vol. 3. Oxford University Press, New York.

**** Stay tuned for more information at some point.

BRONZE AGE.

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