Long-term trends in settlement persistence in Southwest Asia: Implications for sustainable urbanism, past, present and future (2023)
Journal Article
Lawrence, D., de Gruchy, M. W., Hinojosa-Baliño, I., & Al-Hamdani, A. (2023). Long-term trends in settlement persistence in Southwest Asia: Implications for sustainable urbanism, past, present and future. Urban Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231161245

Southwest Asia saw the emergence of large settlements in the Early Holocene, and the world’s first urban communities around 6000 years ago, with cities a feature of the region ever since. These developed in diverse environmental settings, including t... Read More about Long-term trends in settlement persistence in Southwest Asia: Implications for sustainable urbanism, past, present and future.

A systematic approach for studying the persistence of settlements in the past (2023)
Journal Article
Crawford, K. A., Huster, A. C., Peeples, M. A., Gauthier, N., Smith, M. E., Lobo, J., …Lawrence, D. (2023). A systematic approach for studying the persistence of settlements in the past. Antiquity, 97(391), https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2022.175