2023 · Peer-reviewed article · Open access
Dense Urbanism and Economic Multi-centrism at Third-Millennium BC Lagash
Neighborhoods, production, and the varied environments surrounding an early city.
The study
Drawing on excavation, environmental evidence, and remote sensing, the article presents Lagash as a large, densely occupied city composed of differentiated neighborhoods and multiple zones of intensive production. The analysis places urban form within a mosaic of surrounding environments and resources.
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McMahon, Augusta, Holly Pittman, Zaid al-Rawi, Darren Ashby, Katherine Burge, Reed Goodman, Emily Hammer, and Sara Pizzimenti. 2023. “Dense Urbanism and Economic Multi-centrism at Third-Millennium BC Lagash.” Antiquity 97(393): 596–615.