The archaeology of ancient Egypt : beyond pharaohs /

"Egyptologists, art historians, philologists and anthropological archaeologists have long worked side by side in Egypt, but they often fail to understand one another's approaches. This book aims to introduce students to the archaeological side of the study of ancient Egypt and to bridge th...

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Main Author: Brewer, Douglas J. (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Call Number: DT60 .B745 2012

Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : archaeology : history and development
  • 2. The first Egyptians: the art and science of dating
  • 3. Agriculture and the Nile Valley : biology, the environment, and sampling
  • 4. A cultural transformation : explaining and describing the past
  • 5. Unification and the king : the limits of archaeology
  • 6. The first great cycle : hypotheses and models
  • 7. Stability and provincialism : archaeology and the environment ;
  • 8. The desert frontiers: archaeology of the 'other'
  • 9. From artifacts to culture: back to basics
  • 10. Archaeology in perspective.