Sunlight and Shade in the First Cities : A sensory archaeology of early Iraq

Sunlight and Shade in the First Cities : A sensory archaeology of early Iraq

Mary Shepperson

Språken
FörlagVandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN9783647540535

The emergence of urbanism in Iraq occurred under the distinctive climatic conditions of the Mesopotamian plain; rainy winters and extremely hot summers profoundly affected the formation and development of these early cities. Sunlight and Shade in the First Cities explores the relationship between so