In Society and Death in Ancient Egypt, Janet Richards considers social stratification in Middle Kingdom Egypt, taking as the point of departure the assumption that a 'middle class' arose during this period. By focusing on the entire range of mortuary behavior, rather than on elite remains, she shows how social and political processes can be reconstructed. Richards demonstrates that the roots of the middle class can be traced to the later Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period. Combining information from excavations, ancient Egyptian texts, and decorative reliefs and statuary, the book weaves together a wide variety of sources that aid us in understanding how Middle Kingdom Egyptians thought about society and death and how their practices and landscapes relating to death reveal information about the living society.
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"In addition to determining differences, both within cemeteries and between cemeteries, Richards furnishes compelling evidence of class distinctions among nonelite graves. The book should be of interest to scholars and advanced students of archaeology, anthropology, and Egyptian funerary beliefs." - Denise M. Doxey, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Janet Richards considers social stratification in Middle Kingdom Egypt, exploring the assumption that a 'middle class' arose during this period. By focusing on the entire range of mortuary behavior, she shows how Middle Kingdom Egyptian practices and landscapes relating to death reveal information about the living society.
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I have an amateur's interest in ancient Egypt, and a modest library supporting this, including some definitely scholarly books. However, this book is much more scholarly than I had hoped. I will use it as a reference, but have read only small portions of it. I did read with satisfaction the portion pertaining to the Middle Egyptian royal city of El-Lahun because of interest generated by others of my books. I am sure that this book is a respected member on the shelves of academic libraries.
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DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE RISE OF A MIDDLE CLASS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN GENERAL in ancient Egypt, have only recently begun to invoke broader theoretical and cross-cultural models in the analysis of these phenomena. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mortuary landscapes, mastaba graves, tomb problem, wealthiest graves, semiprecious materials, surface graves, juvenile burials, mortuary behavior, surface chapels, mastaba chapels, prescriptive society, simpler graves, mortuary data, jar sherds, northeastern ridge, grave size, mortuary town, mortuary studies, shaft graves, largest graves, cemetery landscapes, surface architecture, intact graves, surface burials, provincial cemeteries Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Cemetery, Old Kingdom, Middle Cemetery, Early Dynastic, New Kingdom, Haraga Cemetery, North Abydos, Gebel Abusir, South Abydos, University College London, Riqqa Cemetery, Surface Intact, Upper Egypt, Coffin Texts, Middle Egypt, North Ahydos, Rigga Cemetery, Third Intermediate, Garstang Cemetery, Parker Pearson, Reginald Engelbach, Suface Intact, Terrace of the Great God New!
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DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE RISE OF A MIDDLE CLASS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN GENERAL in ancient Egypt, have only recently begun to invoke broader theoretical and cross-cultural models in the analysis of these phenomena. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mortuary landscapes, mastaba graves, tomb problem, wealthiest graves, semiprecious materials, surface graves, juvenile burials, mortuary behavior, surface chapels, mastaba chapels, prescriptive society, simpler graves, mortuary data, jar sherds, northeastern ridge, grave size, mortuary town, mortuary studies, shaft graves, largest graves, cemetery landscapes, surface architecture, intact graves, surface burials, provincial cemeteries Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Cemetery, Old Kingdom, Middle Cemetery, Early Dynastic, New Kingdom, Haraga Cemetery, North Abydos, Gebel Abusir, South Abydos, University College London, Riqqa Cemetery, Surface Intact, Upper Egypt, Coffin Texts, Middle Egypt, North Ahydos, Rigga Cemetery, Third Intermediate, Garstang Cemetery, Parker Pearson, Reginald Engelbach, Suface Intact, Terrace of the Great God New!
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- Anthropology and Egyptology a Developing: A Developing Dialogue (Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology) by Judith Lustig on 4 pages
- Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization by Barry J. Kemp in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Domination and Resistance (One World Archaeology) by Daniel Miller in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Ancient Egypt by David P. Silverman in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ancient Egypt: A Social History by B. G. Trigger in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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