Douglas J Brewer

The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt

Beyond Pharaohs

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Produktbeschreibung

An introduction to the archaeological study of ancient Egypt which bridges the gap between disciplines by explaining how archaeologists tackle various problems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9780521707343
• ISBN-10: 052170734X
• Artikelnr.: 35482373

Autorenporträt

Douglas J. Brewer is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois. He is the author (with Emily Teeter) of Egypt and the Egyptians, as well as of numerous other books and articles on Egypt, covering topics from domestication to cultural change and the environment. He has more than thirty years of field work experience in Egypt and is currently researching the cultures and environment of Egypt's deserts.

Inhaltsangabe

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.