Copper in ancient Egypt: before, during and after the pyramid age (c. 4000-1600 BC)

"The first comprehensive and up-to-date overview of what we know about the use of copper by the ancient Egyptians and Nubians, from the Predynastic through the Early Dynastic until the end of the Pyramid Age (c. 4000-1600 BC). The monograph presents a story, based on the analysis of available e...

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1. Verfasser: Odler, Martin (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill 2023
Schriftenreihe:Culture and history of the ancient Near East volume 132
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Zusammenfassung:"The first comprehensive and up-to-date overview of what we know about the use of copper by the ancient Egyptians and Nubians, from the Predynastic through the Early Dynastic until the end of the Pyramid Age (c. 4000-1600 BC). The monograph presents a story, based on the analysis of available evidence, a synchronic and diachronic reconstruction of the development and changes of the chaîne opératoire of copper and copper alloy artefacts. The book argues that Egypt was not isolated from the rest of the ancient world and that popular notions of its "primitive" technology are not based on facts"--
Beschreibung:Bibliographie Seite 632-771
Beschreibung:XLVIII, 809 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:9789004524088

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