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Post-Childe, Post-Wirth: Response to Smith, Ur and Feinman

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This is a reply to a critique of Jane Jacobs' ‘cities first' thesis with respect to agricultural origins. The critique's basic premise is that the archaeological record regarding the development of agriculture precedes the earliest cities and therefore the thesis is empirically refuted. Accepting this archaeological record for agriculture, the dispute centres on the archaeological record for city origins. Substituting a process definition of cities—city-ness—for a ‘thing' definition (e.g. monumentality), this reply opens up pre-Mesopotamian possibilities for city networks while conceding the difficulty in empirically obtaining evidence in earlier periods. Thus Jacobs' thesis cannot be absolutely refuted, and an exciting agenda for urban research emerges for archaeologists and social scientists.

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  • Peter J. Taylor, 2015. "Post-Childe, Post-Wirth: Response to Smith, Ur and Feinman," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(1), pages 168-171, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:39:y:2015:i:1:p:168-171
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    1. Michael E. Smith & Jason Ur & Gary M. Feinman, 2014. "Jane Jacobs' ‘Cities First’ Model and Archaeological Reality," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(4), pages 1525-1535, July.
    2. Peter J. Taylor, 2012. "Extraordinary Cities: Early ‘City-ness’ and the Origins of Agriculture and States," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(3), pages 415-447, May.
    3. Peter J. Taylor & Michael Hoyler & Raf Verbruggen, 2010. "External Urban Relational Process: Introducing Central Flow Theory to Complement Central Place Theory," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 47(13), pages 2803-2818, November.
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