"Urbanocentric Models and "Rural Messiness
A Case Study in the Balikh River Valley, Syria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4535534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carrie Hritz (Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 117 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 141-161 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3764/aja.117.2.0141 |
| OpenAlex | W2479665826 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 49 |
This article explores the complexity of nonurban and rural landscapes. Using published and unpublished survey data from the Balikh River valley and integrating remotely sensed data sets, such as satellite imagery, I demonstrate that subregional environmental diversity can constrain emerging urban landscapes and result in long-term, stable nonurban and/or rural settlement patterns. Rather than viewing these areas of low occupation density as “backwaters,” I suggest that they reveal divergent settlement trajectories that were crucial components of regional settlement systems
Archaeology · Diversity (politics) · Geography · Political science · River valley · Rural area · Rural settlement · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |