Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt - From the Predynastic Period to the End of the Middle Kingdom

This book presents the latest archaeological evidence that makes a case for Egypt as an early urban society.

List of contents

1. Ancient urbanism and the case of Egypt; 2. Current and past studies of Egyptian settlements; 3. The environmental setting; 4. The origins of urban society; 5. The settlements of the Old Kingdom; 6. The layout of Old Kingdom houses; 7. The development of towns during the end of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (c.2200-2100 BC); 8. The Middle Kingdom: town planning and internal colonization at its height; 9. House layouts in the Middle Kingdom; 10. Final conclusions.

About the author

Nadine Moeller is Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. She has been directing excavations at the urban settlement of Tell Edfu in Egypt since 2001. She has also participated in excavations of settlement and cemetery sites in Egypt such as Abu Rawash, Memphis, Zawiet Sultan (Zawiet el-Meitin), the Theban necropolis, and the Valley of the Kings. Her work has been published in journals such as the Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JARCE), Near Eastern Archaeology, the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Ägypten und Levante, Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (BIFAO), and Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde.

Summary

This book presents the latest archaeological evidence that makes a case for Egypt as an early urban society. It traces the emergence of urban features during the Predynastic period up to the disintegration of the powerful Middle Kingdom state (c.3500–1650 BC).

Product details

• Authors: Nadine Moeller, Nadine (University of Chicago) Moeller, Moeller Nadine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.04.2016
• EAN: 9781107079755
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07975-5
• No. of pages: 450
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); prehistory, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Prehistoric archaeology, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology