Technology and Urbanism in Late Bronze Age Egypt
Series: Oxford Studies in Egyptian Archaeology;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 7 December 2017
- ISBN 9780198803591
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages358 pages
- Size 238x164x25 mm
- Weight 812 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This study examines the distribution of high-status materials in addition to archaeological evidence of their production in the settlements known as royal cities during the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt (c.1550-1069 BC). The research focuses on the site sites of Amarna, Gurob, and Malqata, but incorporates Qantir/Pi-Ramesse for comparison.
MoreLong description:
This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of the intra-urban distribution of high-status goods, and their production or role as a marker of the nature of the settlements known as royal cities of New Kingdom Egypt (c.1550-1069 BC).
Using spatial analysis to detect patterns of artefact distribution, the study focuses on Amarna, Gurob, and Malqata, incorporating Qantir/Pi-Ramesse for comparison. Being royal cities, these three settlements had a great need for luxury goods. Such items were made of either highly valuable materials, or materials that were not easily produced and therefore required a certain set of skills. Specifically, the industries discussed are those of glass, faience, metal, sculpture, and textiles.
Analysis of the evidence of high-status industrial processes throughout the urban settlements, has demonstrated that industrial activities took place in institutionalized buildings, in houses of the elite, and also in small domestic complexes. This leads to the conclusion that materials were processed at different levels throughout the settlements and were subject to a strict pattern of control. The methodological approach to each settlement necessarily varies, depending on the nature and quality of the available data. By examining the distribution of high-status or luxury materials, in addition to archaeological and artefactual evidence of their production, a deeper understanding has been achieved of how industries were organized and how they influenced urban life in New Kingdom Egypt.
[a] path-breaking contribution to the field of settlement archaeology and the understanding of craft production. The study has relevance also beyond Egyptology to an interdisciplinary audience, especially for methodological reasons. The author has to be congratulated on this essential and appealing publication that has laid an excellent foundation for a variety of further questions.
Table of Contents:
Introduction and Background
Amarna: Urban Manufacture of Luxury Items
Gurob: Luxury Goods Manufacture in a Harbour- and Palace City
Malqata: Manufacturing at a Ceremonial Settlement
Luxury-Goods Manufacture at Amarna, Gurob, and Malqata in Comparison
he Workshop as a Microcosm: Workshops and Factories in Urban Settlements
Household- or Cottage Industries: Modelling Industrial diversity in New Kingdom Houses and Courtyards
Conclusions
