Functional aspects of Egyptian ceramics in their archaeological context
Subtitle: proceedings of a conference held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, July 24-25, 2009
By: edited by Bettina Bader and Mary F. Ownby
Contributors: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta -- 217; Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta -- 217.
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leuven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9789042925816
Subjects: Egyptian Pottery; Pottery; Congresses; Social life and customs; Excavations (Archaeology); Analysis
Description: This volume presents the papers given at an international conference on 'Functional Aspects of Egyptian Ceramics within their Archaeological Context', which was held from 24th to 25th July, 2009 at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, UK. The aim of this conference was to discuss Egyptian pottery in different archaeological contexts and the employment of ceramics for understanding these deposits. At the same time some archaeological contexts were utilised to gain insights into the function of pottery, in order to integrate both approaches. The papers cover domestic, funerary, festival, and ritual contexts and the ceramic finds within them. Additional topics are the widely neglected reuse of pottery and how ceramic material can be interpreted in its wider socio-economic context.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.