Cities, information, and the epigraphic habit: re-evaluating the links between the numbers of inscriptions and the sizes of sites

Among classical scholars there is a widespread assumption that there is no relationship between the sizes of communities and their epigraphic output. In this article, I offer a new model, which suggests two hypotheses for how inscriptions increase with population, depending on whether they can be re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanson, JW
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Brepols Publishers 2021