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Author Wengrow, D.

Title The archaeology of early Egypt : social transformations in north-east Africa, 10,000 to 2650 BC / David Wengrow.

Imprint Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  932.011 W485a 2006    ---  Available
Description xx, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Series Cambridge world archaeology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: the idea of prehistory in the Middle East and North-East Africa -- Transformations in prehistory -- Egypt and the outside world I, c.10,000-3300 BC -- Neolithic economy and society -- Domestication and embodiment in the Nile valley -- The urbanisation of the dead: Naqada I-II -- Image, ritual and the construction of identity in late prehistory -- The making of kingship -- Opening considerations: la memoire monarchique -- Egypt and the outside world II, c.3300-2500 BC -- The evolution of simplicity: Naqada III -- Extraordinary bodies and binding truths: early writing in context -- Theatres of sacrifice:d dynastic constructions of death -- Conclusion: subterranean histories of power.
Subject Egypt -- Antiquities.
Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C.
ISBN 0521543746 (pbk.)
9780521835862 (hbk.)
0521835860 (hbk.)
9780521543743 (pbk.)
Standard No. NLGGC 295590599
YDXCP 2250370
YDXCP 2250371
NZ1 10691421

 
    
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