Kinship and family in ancient Egypt: archaeology and anthropology in dialogue
Uses primary evidence to ask anthropological questions about kinship and families in ancient Egyptian society.
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Olabarria, Leire, 1984-, Kinship and family in ancient Egypt : archaeology and anthropology in dialogue] (2021) (Budka, Julia, 1977 -)
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| Summary: | Uses primary evidence to ask anthropological questions about kinship and families in ancient Egyptian society. Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Part I Ancient Egyptian Kinship in Context -- One Introduction: Ancient Egyptian Kinship between Relatedness and Material Agency -- Anthropology, Archaeology and Egyptology -- Processual Kinship: Understanding Relatedness -- Material Agency: How Stelae Make People -- Two Understanding the Sources: Dating, Characterisation, Contextualisation and Display -- A Note on Chronology -- Decoding Display in the Primary Sources -- Assessing Context: The Site of Abydos -- Addressing Changes in Display: How to Approach Stelae -- The Funerary-Commemorative Continuum -- Assembling Objects into Groups -- Articulation of Iconography and Inscriptions -- Presentation of Kin in the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom -- Three Setting the Terms: Etic and Emic Approaches to Ancient Egyptian Relatedness -- Family, Household, Kin Group: Anthropological Theory -- Chapels and Workshops: Materiality -- Terminology of Kinship: Terms for Individual Kin Types -- Terminology of Kinship:Terms for Kin Groups -- On Classification and the Use of Terminology -- Four Between the Emic and the Etic: Kin Groups in Ancient Egypt -- Kin Group as a Polythetic Class -- What Does a Kin Group Do? -- Kin Groups Are Groups of People Who Live in the Same Area or Household -- Kin Groups Are Groups of People Who Are Displayed and Commemorated Together on Various Types of Monuments -- Kin Groups Are Groups of People Who Can Function as Economic Units and/or Corporate Groups -- Kin Groups Are Groups of People Among Whom a Man Holds Authority, Acting as the Head of the Group -- Kin Groups Are Groups of People Who Are Buried Together in Multiple Burials or Close to Each Other in the Same Area of the Necropolis. |
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| ISBN: | 1108598838 |