Technology and urbanism in Late Bronze Age Egypt / Anna K. Hodgkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hodgkinson, Anna K. (Anna Kathrin), author.

Series:

Oxford studies in Egyptian archaeology.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in Egyptian archaeology

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Egypt--History.

Cities and towns.

Manufacturing industries--Egypt--History--To 1500.

Manufacturing industries.

Luxuries--Egypt--History--To 1500.

Luxuries.

Egypt--History--New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C.

Egypt.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 pages, 8 numbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Anna K. Hodgkinson eamines the distribution of high-status materials in addition to archaeological evidence of their production in the settlements known as royal cities during the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt (c.1550-1069 BC). The research focuses on the site sites of Amarna, Gurob, and Malqata, but incorporates Qantir/Pi-Ramesse for comparison.

Contents:

1 Introduction and Background 1

1.1 Elements of Late Bronze Age Urban Settlements and their Role as Centres of Craft Production 1

1.2 Late Bronze Age Luxury Goods Industries in Urban Settlements 9

1.3 Object Categories Included in this Study 18

1.4 Methods for the Analysis of Late Bronze Age Settlements 24

1.5 Spaces of Activity: Identifying the Physical Settings of Ancient Egyptian Workshops and Factories 33

1.6 The Manufacture of High-status Goods: A Brief Overview of the Industries 38

2 Amarna: Urban Manufacture of Luxury Items 53

2.1 History of the Settlement 53

2.2 History of Excavation 57

2.3 The Suburbs and Houses: The Urban Character of Amarna 62

2.4 The Spatial Analysis of Luxury Goods Manufacture at Amarna 74

2.5 Some Statistical Data 178

2.6 A Spatial Analysis of Amarna: Summary and Conclusions 184

3 Gurob: Luxury Goods Manufacture in a Harbour and Palace City 187

3.1 History of the Settlement 187

3.2 History of Excavation 188

3.3 Occupation and Layout of the City 190

3.4 The Archaeology of Production: Material from Early Excavations 194

3.5 A Spatial Analysis of Luxury Goods Production at Gurob: A Summary 197

3.6 Objects from Gurob: Summary of the Spatial Analysis 200

4 Malqata: Manufacturing at a Ceremonial Settlement 206

4.1 Malqata: Introduction 206

4.2 History of Excavation and Problems Caused by Past Insufficient Recording 207

4.3 The Site, its Buildings, and History of Occupation 212

4.4 The Archaeology of Production at Malqata 216

4.5 The Material Evidence of High-status Production 223

4.6 Malqata: Summary and Conclusions 227

5 Luxury Goods Manufacture at Amarna, Gurob, and Malqata Compared 230

5.1 Problems with the Data Analysed: Quality and Precision 230

5.2 Glass Objects and Evidence of Glass-working 231

5.3 Faience Objects and Evidence of Faience Production 233

5.4 Metal Objects and Evidence of Metal-working 234

5.5 Sculpture and Evidence of Sculpture Production 235

5.6 Evidence of Textile Production 236

5.7 Qantir/Pi-Ramesse: A Discourse 237

5.8 New Kingdom Egyptian Royal Cities: Conclusions on the Spatial and Artefactual Analyses 241

6 The Workshop as a Microcosm: Workshops and Factories in Urban Settlements 244

6.1 Introduction: The Finer Characteristics of New Kingdom Urban Industrial Settings 244

6.2 Amarna O45.1: A Workshop for the Processing of Glass, Faience, and Metal 244

6.3 Gurob IA1: Excavating a High-temperature Workshop of the New Kingdom 248

6.4 Comparison of Gurob IA1 with Amarna O45.1 260

6.5 Summary of Urban High-temperature Workshops at Amarna and Gurob 261

7 Household or Cottage Industries: Modelling Industrial Diversity in New Kingdom Houses and Courtyards 263

7.1 Amarna's Main City North: Multi-functional Houses 263

7.2 Amarna's Main City South: Excavations at Grid 12/N50.23/The House of Ranefer, N49.18 274

7.3 Malqata Site J: An Excerpt of an Industrial Settlement 277

7.4 Amarna and Malqata: Comparison of Household-level Industries 282

7.5 Conclusions: Industrial Diversity and Purpose-built Workshops 283

8 Conclusions 285

8.1 The Influence of Luxury Goods Production on Late Bronze Age Egyptian Settlements 285

8.2 The Social Context, Spatial Organization and Control, and Consumption of High-status Goods in Late Bronze Age Cities 286

8.3 Spaces of Activity: Late Bronze Age Egyptian Workshops and Factories 287

8.4 The Organization of High-status Craft Production in Late Bronze Age Cities 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

ISBN:

0-19-252549-2

0-19-191718-4

0-19-252548-4