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Archaeologies of Social Life: Age, Sex, Class Etcetra in Ancient Egypt
Lynn Meskell
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Description for Archaeologies of Social Life: Age, Sex, Class Etcetra in Ancient Egypt
Paperback. Offers a perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt. This book provides discussions of topics of debate, including the body, sexuality and issues of identity, and also addresses some of the traditional questions in archaeology about society and self, the individual and social relations. Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 260 pages, b/w figs and pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Archaeologies of Social Life is a fascinating new perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt.
Archaeologies of Social Life is a fascinating new perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Series
Social Archaeology
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631212997
SKU
V9780631212997
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99-50
About Lynn Meskell
Lynn Meskell is Assistant Professor in the department of Anthropology at Columbia University. She was previously a research fellow at New College, Oxford. Her publications include Archaeology Under Fire: Nationalism, Politics and Heritage in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (1998) and a forthcoming volume with Dominic Montserrat, Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt.
Reviews for Archaeologies of Social Life: Age, Sex, Class Etcetra in Ancient Egypt
"The book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of social anthropology, although chapters focussing on Deir el Medineh will interest Egyptologists as well." Religious Studies Review "[T]his study is a welcome addition to archeological research which employs various theories in order to present more data from an ancient, long-gone past." Journal of the Economic and ... Read more