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The pursuit for universally applicable definitions of the terms "urban" and "city" has frequently distracted scholars from scrutinizing processes of how ancient nucleated settlements evolved and developed. Based on the premise that similar social dynamics to a great extent governed nucleation trajectories throughout human history, Coming Together focuses on both prehistoric aggregated and early urban settlements. Drawing from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, archaeologists, anthropologists, and classicists discuss how nucleation unfolded in strikingly different sociopolitical contexts in North America, Europe, and the Near East. The major themes of the volume are nucleation's origins, pathways to sustainability, and the transformative role of these sites in sociopolitical and cultural change.

Indigenous peoples --- Urban residence of indigenous peoples --- Urbanization --- Urban residence. --- City dwellers --- Urban residence --- Urban indigenous peoples. --- Urban Indigenous peoples.

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Telling the story of the Maya peoples from their earliest beginnings to the start of the 20th century, this book divides the 3,000 year time span into seven distinct sections. Each provides a detailed vignette of the events, explorers, and people of a particular Maya era, starting with the tropical lowlands' Olmec civilization. Among the topics covered are the shamanistic rites by which Mesoamerican monarchs based their power to rule; the Preclassic megacity of El Mirador and its near neighbor Nakbe; the Maya creation myth of the Hero Twins and its role in organizing Maya society; and the powe

Mayas --- Extinct cities --- History. --- Urban residence --- Antiquities.

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Urbanization. --- Urban policy. --- Indigenous peoples --- Urban residence

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"Comparative study focuses on indigenous and non-indigenous children between ages six and twelve, in 12 non-randomly selected elementary schools in four cities: Quito, Guayaquil, Machala, and Riobamba. Offers select results and discussion of academic achievement, self-esteem, attitudes, and aspirations. Data are disaggregated by sex and ethnic identification. Questionnaires and interview guides included"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Education, Urban --- Indians of South America --- Education --- Urban residence

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Cities and towns, Ancient. --- Ethnology --- Indians of Mexico --- Urban residence. --- Iraq --- Mexico --- Antiquities.