The archaeology of early Egypt : social transformations in North-East Africa, 10,000 to 2,650 BC /

The archaeology of early Egypt : social transformations in North-East Africa, 10,000 to 2,650 BC /

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Main Author: Wengrow, D. (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Series: Cambridge world archaeology.

Subjects:

Egyptology.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.

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Call Number: DT61 .W46 2006

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the idea of prehistory in the Middle East and North-East Africa
  • Transformations in prehistory
  • Egypt and the outside world I, c.10,000-3300 BC
  • Neolithic economy and society
  • Domestication and embodiment in the Nile valley
  • The urbanisation of the dead: Naqada I-II
  • Image, ritual and the construction of identity in late prehistory
  • The making of kingship
  • Opening considerations: la mémoire monarchique
  • Egypt and the outside world II, c.3300-2500 BC
  • The evolution of simplicity: Naqada III
  • Extraordinary bodies and binding truths: early writing in context
  • Theatres of sacrifice:d dynastic constructions of death
  • Conclusion: subterranean histories of power.