"This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of the intra-urban distribution of high-status goods, and their production or role as a marker of the nature of the settlements known as royal cities of New Kingdom Egypt (c.1550-1069 BC). Using spatial analysis to detect pat...

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1. Verfasser:	Hodgkinson, Anna K. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2018
Ausgabe:	First edition
Schriftenreihe:	Oxford studies in Egyptian archaeology
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1550 v. Chr.-1069 v. Chr. Luxusgüterindustrie Stadt Ägypten > Altertum Luxuries / Egypt / History / To 1500 Luxury goods industry / Egypt / History / To 1500 Cities and towns, Ancient / Egypt Egypt / History / New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C. Egypt / Antiquities Antiquities Cities and towns, Ancient Luxuries Luxury goods industry Egypt To 1500 History
Zusammenfassung:	"This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of the intra-urban distribution of high-status goods, and their production or role as a marker of the nature of the settlements known as royal cities of New Kingdom Egypt (c.1550-1069 BC). Using spatial analysis to detect patterns of artefact distribution, the study focuses on Amarna, Gurob, and Malqata, incorporating Qantir/Pi-Ramesse for comparison. Being royal cities, these three settlements had a great need for luxury goods. Such items were made of either highly valuable materials, or materials that were not easily produced and therefore required a certain set of skills. Specifically, the industries discussed are those of glass, faience, metal, sculpture, and textiles. Analysis of the evidence of high-status industrial processes throughout the urban settlements, has demonstrated that industrial activities took place in institutionalized buildings, in houses of the elite, and also in small domestic complexes. This leads to the conclusion that materials were processed at different levels throughout the settlements and were subject to a strict pattern of control. The methodological approach to each settlement necessarily varies, depending on the nature and quality of the available data. By examining the distribution of high-status or luxury materials, in addition to archaeological and artefactual evidence of their production, a deeper understanding has been achieved of how industries were organized and how they influenced urban life in New Kingdom Egypt."--Page 4 of cover
Beschreibung:	xxvii, 328 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten, Pläne 25 cm
ISBN:	9780198803591 0198803591