Archaeologies Social Life: Age, Sex, Class Etcetra in Ancient Egypt (Social Archaeology)

by Lynn Meskell (Author)

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1999
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Archaeologies of Social Life is a fascinating new perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt.

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Archaeologies of Social Life is a fascinating new perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt.

$51.01

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 276
Edition: 1
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 26 Nov 1999
ISBN 10: 063121299X
ISBN 13: 9780631212997

Media Reviews

The book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of social anthropology, although chapters focussing on Deir el Medineh will interest Egyptologists as well. Religious Studies Review [T]his study is a welcome addition to archeological research which employs various theories in order to present more data from an ancient, long-gone past. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient

Author Bio

Lynn Meskell is Assistant Professor in the department of Anthropology at Columbia University. She was previously a research fellow at New College, Oxford. Her publications include Archaeology Under Fire: Nationalism, Politics and Heritage in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (1998) and a forthcoming volume with Dominic Montserrat, Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt.