The archaeology of early Egypt
Subtitle: social transformations in north-east Africa, 10,000 to 2650 BC
By: David Wengrow
Series: Cambridge world archaeology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780521835862; 9780521543743
Subjects: Egypt -- Antiquities; Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the idea of prehistory in the Middle East and North-East Africa; title: Transformations in prehistory; title: Egypt and the outside world I, c.10,000-3300 BC; title: Neolithic economy and society; title: Domestication and embodiment in the Nile valley; title: The urbanisation of the dead: Naqada I-II; title: Image, ritual and the construction of identity in late prehistory; title: The making of kingship; title: Opening considerations: la mémoire monarchique; title: Egypt and the outside world II, c.3300-2500 BC; title: The evolution of simplicity: Naqada III; title: Extraordinary bodies and binding truths: early writing in context; title: Theatres of sacrifice:d dynastic constructions of death; title: Conclusion: subterranean histories of power