Making comparative archaeological and historical urbanism rigorous and open access through the URBank data platform

Antiquity 2026 Open access

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Authors: W. Christopher Carleton, Dan Lawrence, David Brotherson, Claire E. Ebert, José Manuel Sousa Lobo, Scott G. Ortman, Michael E. Smith, Thon Tho, Iza Romanowska, Sarah Klassen, Patrick Roberts
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10287
Cited by: 1
References: 9

Abstract

Adapting to a global urban future requires diverse, long-term perspectives on urbanism. URBank supports this by bringing together global deep-time urban datasets in a modern open-science computing platform. Its design eschews checklist definitions of cities, representing the variability of past urbanism and enabling systematic comparative spatiotemporal research.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Urban Design and Spatial Analysis Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction

Publication details

Journal / source
Antiquity
Publisher
Antiquity Publications
Volume
100
Issue
411
Publication date
6 February 2026
Language
EN