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Domestic Plants and Animals : The Egyptian Origins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brewer, Douglas J.
- Series:
- Oxbow Classics in Egyptology Series
- Oxbow Classics in Egyptology Series ; v.20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Egyptology.
- Archaeological museums and collections.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (162 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Havertown : Oxbow Books, Limited, 2024.
- Summary:
- This book is a comprehensive reissue of works related to the archaeological findings of William Matthew Flinders Petrie, a pioneering Egyptologist. It focuses on the vast collection of Egyptian and Sudanese artifacts housed at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology at University College London. The book explores the history and significance of the museum's collection, highlighting Petrie's contributions to archaeology. It includes facsimile reprints of Petrie's typological catalogues and introduces new research in modern Egyptology. Aimed at scholars, researchers, and enthusiasts of ancient Egyptian archaeology, the book serves as a valuable resource for understanding object-based approaches and the development of archaeological methodologies. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- COVER
- BOOK TITLE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF TABLES
- LIST OF FIGURES
- SOURCES OF FIGURES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- I. INTRODUCTION
- Domestication and What it Entails
- Hunters, Gatherers, and Early Farmers
- Origin of Egyptian Domesticates
- II. SOCIAL ECONOMY
- Demography
- Agriculture and Local Economies
- The Egyptian Agriculturalist
- Herders
- Agriculture and the Afterlife
- III. EGYPTIAN GRAINS
- Egyptian Wheats Origins
- Origins
- Barley
- Linguistic Evidence
- Sorghum and Millet
- Bam Grass
- Rice
- IV. FIBER AND OIL PLANTS
- Fiber Plants
- Flax
- Papyrus Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9798888570807
- OCLC:
- 1439598602
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