Invisible archaeologies : hidden aspects of daily life in ancient Egypt and Nubia / edited by Loretta Kilroe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kilroe, Loretta, 1990- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt--Congresses.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Nubia--Congresses.

Egypt--Antiquities--Congresses.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, [2019]

Summary:

The eight papers presented here stem from a conference held in Oxford in 2017 which brought together international early-career researchers applying novel archaeological and anthropological methods to 'overlooked' subjects in ancient Egypt and Nubia. The diverse topics covered include women, prisoners, entangled communities and funerary displays.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Loretta Kilroe

Tortured, Banished, Forgotten (and frequently Ripped Off)? Experience of Ancient Egyptian Criminal Judgment and its Consequences through the 2nd Millennium BCE

Alex Loktionov

Communities of Glyptic Practice in Predynastic Egypt

Siobhan Shinn

Family Associations Reflected in the Materiality of 21st Dynasty Funerary Papyri

Marissa Stevens

Practising craft and producing memories in ancient Nubia

Kate Fulcher

(Re)Shaping Identities: Culture-Contact Theories Applied to the Late Bronze Age "Egyptian" Pantheon and People

Jacqueline M. Huwyler

Elite and common people. Redefining burial practices in ancient Egypt

Ilaria Davino

Displayed graves: A study of Predynastic Naqada Burials as the device for the mortuary ceremony

Taichi Kuronuma

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, a landscape for the Afterlife: Reciprocity in shaping life histories

Antonio Muñoz Herrera.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78969-376-4