Norman Yoffee
Norman Yoffee is a senior fellow of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. He was previously professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. Yoffee is the editor of The Cambridge world history volume 3: Early cities in comparative perspective, 4000 BCE–1200 CE.Selected publications
- The collapse of ancient states and civilizations. University of Arizona Press, 1988.
- Archaeological theory: Who sets the agenda? Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993.
- Early stages in the evolution of Mesopotamian civilization: Soviet excavations in northern Iraq. University of Arizona Press, 1994.
- Myths of the archaic state: Evolution of the earliest cities, states, and civilizations. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005.
- Excavating Asian history: Interdisciplinary studies in archaeology and history. University of Arizona Press, 2006.
- Negotiating the past in the past: Identity, memory, and landscape in archaeological research. University of Arizona Press, 2008.
- Questioning collapse: Human resilience, ecological vulnerability, and the aftermath of empire. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009.
- The Cambridge world history volume 3: Early cities in comparative perspective, 4000 BCE–1200 CE. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2015.
