Memphis, Babylon, Cairo

An Archaeology

David Jeffreys, Ana Tavares (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-85062-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book explores the human past in Egypt’s ‘capital zone’: the nexus of social activity located at the junction of the Nile valley and the Nile delta, the archaeology of which is a template through time for the development of Nile valley civilization as a whole. Instead of a linear narrative, the volume takes a wider four-dimensional approach, considering ecology and climate change, the Nile regime and human response to it over time, the cognitive aspects of the environment; and instead of insisting on a compartmentalised division based on a dynasty-led system of time parcels, it argues for natural and social continuity in a broader context over 5000 years or more.

Autor

David Jeffreys is Senior Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Ana Tavares is Joint Field Director (with Mohsen Kamel) for Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA).

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Egypt’s capital/s: what is/was a capital? 3. The landscape of the capital zone 4. How things have changed: the capital then and now 5. Management and exploitation: how the Egyptians cope/d 6. History as punctuated equilibrium: the traditional dynasties 7. The way ahead

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.05.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Cities of the Ancient World
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• ISBN-10: 1-138-85062-4 / 1138850624
• ISBN-13: 978-1-138-85062-0 / 9781138850620
• Zustand: Neuware