Civilization : readings from Scientific American / with introductions by Brian M. Fagan - San Francisco : W. H. Freeman, 1979 - 158 p : ill. ; 30 cm.

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Adams. The origin of cities.--Kramer. The Sumerians.--Lamberg-Karlovsky and Lamberg-Karlovsky. An early city in Iran.--Millon. Teotihuac an.--Maddin, Muhly, and Wheeler. How the Iron Age began.--Piggott. The beginnings of wheeled transport.--Humphrey and Pedley. Roman Carthage.--Biddle. The archaeology of Winchester.--Hammond. The planning of a Maya ceremonial center.--Sjoberg. The origin and evolution of cities.--Brown. Human food production as a process in the biosphere.--Nef. An early energy crisis and its consequences.--Davis. The migrations of human populations

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Civilization, Ancient--Addresses, essays, lectures
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