Archaeologies of Social Life is a fascinating new perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt.
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"The book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of social anthropology, although chapters focussing on Deir el Medineh will interest Egyptologists as well." Religious Studies Review
"[T]his study is a welcome addition to archeological research which employs various theories in order to present more data from an ancient, long-gone past." Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
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Archaeologies of Social Life is a fascinating new perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt. The author provides detailed discussions of new topics of debate, including the body, sexuality and issues of identity, while also addressing some of the traditional questions in archaeology about society and self, the individual and social relations.
The book is unusual in examining ordinary life in ancient Egypt rather that focusing on the traditional subjects of pharaohs and elites. Meskell makes Egyptian social history available to an archaeological audience and shows the reader how factors such as age, class, sex and ethnicity were played out in the lives of real people.
The author takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, combining theories of third wave feminism with the archaeological data of New Kingdom Egypt. She presents innovative theory from the social sciences and puts it into practice to reveal individuals in antiquity, relating the issues of their lives to our experience of society today.
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Everyday life in Ancient Egypt is as important to study as the great events. This book explains what part age, class, sex and ethnicity played in the lives of individuals. The author presents innovative theories about the complex society of Ancient Egypt. It brings the feeling that this fascinating civilization still has very many interesting stories to tell. An excellent book for serious students and scholars.
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"Part of any investigation of social life involves an understanding of individuals, their social networks and socio-cultural context." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deben goods, tomb data, basket burial, mortuary sphere, lit clos, tomb assemblages, decorated coffin, gender archaeology, tomb goods, masculinist theory, emotive dimension, goods belonging, anthropoid coffin, ordinary workmen, multiply constituted, individual tombs, unnamed female, tomb construction, engendering archaeology, social archaeology, individual burials, mortuary practices Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eastern Necropolis, Western Necropolis, New Kingdom, Judith Butler, Book of the Dead, Native American, Roman Egypt, Gournet Murai, Marilyn Strathern, Unknown Infant, Alphonso Lingis, Middle Kingdom, Susan Kus, Julian Thomas, West Bank, Middle East New!
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"Part of any investigation of social life involves an understanding of individuals, their social networks and socio-cultural context." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deben goods, tomb data, basket burial, mortuary sphere, lit clos, tomb assemblages, decorated coffin, gender archaeology, tomb goods, masculinist theory, emotive dimension, goods belonging, anthropoid coffin, ordinary workmen, multiply constituted, individual tombs, unnamed female, tomb construction, engendering archaeology, social archaeology, individual burials, mortuary practices Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eastern Necropolis, Western Necropolis, New Kingdom, Judith Butler, Book of the Dead, Native American, Roman Egypt, Gournet Murai, Marilyn Strathern, Unknown Infant, Alphonso Lingis, Middle Kingdom, Susan Kus, Julian Thomas, West Bank, Middle East New!
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- Women in Prehistory: North America and Mesoamerica (Regendering the Past) by Cheryl Claassen on 6 pages
- The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory by Linda Nicholson on 6 pages
- Human Body (Inside-Outside Puzzles) by Straight Edge Press on 4 pages
- Engendering Archaeology: Women and Prehistory (Social Archaeology) by Joan M. Gero in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Changing Bodies, Changing Meanings: Studies on the Human Body in Antiquity by Dominic Montserrat in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Archaeologies of Sexuality by Robert A. Schmidt in Front Matter, and page 262
- Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology by Charles E. Orser Jnr on page 207, and page 248
- Archaeologies of Sexuality by Robert A. Schmidt in Front Matter
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