Michael E. Smith "Definitions and Comparisons in Urban Archaeology" Flashcards
According to Michael E. Smith, what was often the most important variable – in the absence of writing?
cosmology (meaning)
Premodern cities =
before European conquest (according to Michael E. Smith)
According to John _____, settlements are ____ facts, while cities are _____ facts.
John Searle: Settlements are brute facts. Cities are institutional facts (like colored paper to money)
Anthony ____ said that the urban is mostly ____________________ centric.
Anthony Leeds: the urban is mostly ethno-temporo-centric
All that is sociologically urban is necessarily functionally urban too.
No. But they overlap.
Is “low density urbanism” (like Maya & Khmer) functionally or sociologically urban?
Functionally only.
Idiosyncratic theories …
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_______’s 7 types of settlements: 1. national capital 2. provincial capital 3. ______________ 4. state foundations of non-urban character 5. ___________ 6. special-purpose settlements and production sites 7. ______________
Moeller’s 7 types of settlements: 1. national capital 2. provincial capital 3. state foundations with urban character 4. state foundations of non-urban character 5. fortresses 6. special-purpose settlements and production sites 7. villages
What’s the “whole society error”?
The assumption that one must know and understand the whole society in order to designate a place “urban”
What does “violence to reality”? but why is that necessary?
simplification … necessary for comparison.
Instead of “difference” one should observe “Barbara Streisand”.
No. One should observe “incommensurability”.
Are comparative approaches useful?
Yes.
