Courses Toward Urban Life

Courses Toward Urban Life: Archeological Considerations of Some Cultural Alternates, edited by Robert J. Braidwood and Gordon R. Willey, published in 1962 by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, New York. Subscribers' edition, Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology, Number Thirty-Two. A scholarly collection examining the development of settled communities, agriculture, and urban civilization across different regions of the world. Contributions address prehistoric cultural developments in Africa, Mesoamerica, the Near East, India, China, Europe, and the Americas, with maps, charts, illustrations, and bibliographical references. From the personal library of Frederica de Laguna, distinguished American anthropologist and archaeologist, with her illustrated bookplate. Original printed softcover with age toning, moderate shelfwear, spine discoloration, and a small chip to the upper cover corner. An interesting copy with notable anthropological provenance.