Toward a Locational Definition of State Systems of Settlement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2453376 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carole L Crumley (0000-0002-4707-6315, University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-73 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1976.78.1.02a00050 |
| OpenAlex | W2058112303 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 47 |
| References cited | 46 |
Recent information indicates that urbanism is only one of several options providing the means to consolidate, concentrate, and organize the coercive power necessary for state formation. Central Place Theory (CPT) is a model of urban settlement frequently chosen to approach the broader problem of state formation, but its universal applicability is in doubt. In this paper, spatial and functional definitions of urbanism and other concepts (functional center, functional lattice) related to state systems of settlement are derived using locational analytic approaches other than CPT, and their implications are discussed. A typology of state-level settlements is introduced. Advantages of a locational approach to the investigation of settlement systems are suggested
Archaeology · Economic geography · Epistemology · Geography · Human settlement · Political science · Restructuring · Settlement (finance · Sociology · State (computer science · Typology · Urbanism · Architecture · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Urbanization and City Planning
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Identity
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The Spanish Conquest in the Petatlán Region, Sinaloa
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| Unique citing works | 47 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,94 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2026 (51) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 47 |