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The archaeology of early Egypt : social transformations in North-East Africa, 10,000 to 2,650 BC
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- Creator
- David Wengrow
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006
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- xx, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780521835862, 0521835860, 9780521543743, 0521543746
- OCLC
- ocm64312978
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-325) and index.
- Introduction: the idea of prehistory in the Middle East and North-East Africa -- Transformations in prehistory -- Egypt and the outside world I, c.10,000-3300 BC -- Neolithic economy and society -- Domestication and embodiment in the Nile valley -- The urbanisation of the dead: Naqada I-II -- Image, ritual and the construction of identity in late prehistory -- The making of kingship -- Opening considerations: la mémoire monarchique -- Egypt and the outside world II, c.3300-2500 BC -- The evolution of simplicity: Naqada III -- Extraordinary bodies and binding truths: early writing in context -- Theatres of sacrifice:d dynastic constructions of death -- Conclusion: subterranean histories of power