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Informationen zum Autor David Wengrow is a Lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, where he has established a new program of study comparing ancient societies of the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean. Klappentext New interpretation of the emergence of farming economies and the dynastic state in Egypt c. 10!000-2!650 BC. Zusammenfassung In The Archaeology of Early Egypt! published in 2006! David Wengrow provides an interpretation of the emergence of farming economies and the dynastic state c. 10!000-2!650 BC. His conclusions extend beyond Egypt to consider the relationship between bureaucracy! sacrifice and the nature of state power. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the idea of prehistory in the Middle East and North East Africa; Part I. Transformations in Prehistory: 1. Egypt and the outside world I, c.10,000-3300 BC; 2. Neolithic economy and society; 3. Domestication and embodiment in the Nile valley; 4. The urbanisation of the dead: Naqada I-II; 5. Image, ritual and the construction of identity in late prehistory; Part II. The Making of Kingship: 6. Opening considerations: la mémoire monarchique; 7. Egypt and the outside world II, c.3300-2500 BC; 8. The evolution of simplicity: Naqada III; 9. Extraordinary bodies and binding truths: early writing in context; 10. Theatres of sacrifice: dynastic constructions of death; Conclusion: subterranean histories of power.
