Papers presented at the Cities in the World conference held at Southampton University and organised through the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology challenged the commonly held perception that cities are about the present and the future, not about the past.

ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Urban Historical Archaeology: Challenging AmbivalenceBy ADRIAN GREENURBAN PLACES IN AFRICAPort Cities and Their Merchants on the East African CoastBy MARK HORTONThe Demise of Great Zimbabwe, AD 1420-1550: An Environmental ReAppraisalBy INNOCENT PIKIRAYIThe Changing Views on the Role of Small Towns in Rural and Regional Development in AfricaBy GEORGE OWUSUURBAN PLACES IN THE ATLANTIC WORLDEnglish Towns on the Periphery: 17th-Century Development in Ulster and the ChesapeakeBy AUDREY HORNINGTransformation and Upheaval in the West Indies: The Case of Oranjestad, St Eustatius, Netherlands AntillesBy R. GRANT GILMORE IIIURBAN SPACE AND SOCIETY IN BRITAINFrom Bath to Poundbury: The Rise, Fall and Rise of Polite Urban Space 1700-2000By PETER BORSAYHousing the Early-Modern Industrial City: London's Workshop TenementsBy PETER GUILLER YThe World of the Workshop: Archaeologies of Urban IndustrialisationBy PAUL BELFORDManchester: Symbol or Model for the World?By ROBINA McNEILWAR, MEMORY AND DEATH IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPEArmies, Militias and Urban Landscapes: England, France and the Low Countries 1500-1900By PAUL COURTNEYLandscapes of Memory: Lucknow and Kanpur in Colonial IndiaBy DAVID PETTSDeath, Burial and Commemoration: An Archaeological Perspective on Urban CemeteriesBy HAROLD MYTUMARCHAEOLOGY AND URBAN LIVESTales From The City: Brownfield Archaeology - A Worthwhile Challenge?By JAMES SYMONDSStories That Matter: Material Lives in 19th-Century Lowell and Boston, MassachusettsBy MARY C. BEAUDRYMaking City Lives: Urban Archaeology and Australian Social, Cultural and Urban HistoryBy GRACE KARSKENSFrom the Mythical to the Mundane: The Archaeological Angle on New York City's Five PointsBy REBECCA YAMINPortsmouth - A Window on the World?By ROGER LEECHFUTURE DIRECTIONSOverburden: The Importance of the Archaeology of the Modern Period in BritainBy SUSAN LAWRENCESumming Up - Cities in the WorldBy ROGER LEECH.