An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bard, Kathryn A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Plates
  • List of Figures
  • List of Maps
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1 Egyptian Archaeology: Definitions and History
  • 1.1 Introduction: Ancient Egyptian Civilization and Its Prehistoric Predecessors
  • 1.2 Egyptian Archaeology
  • 1.3 Egyptology
  • 1.4 History of Egyptology and Egyptian Archaeology
  • 1.5 Archaeological Methods
  • 1.6 Archaeological Theory
  • 1.7 Ancient Egypt and Egyptian Archaeologists in Fiction and Films
  • Chapter 2 Hieroglyphs, Language, and Pharaonic Chronology
  • 2.1 Language of the Ancient Egyptians
  • 2.2 Origins and Development of Egyptian Writing
  • 2.3 Scripts and Media of Writing
  • 2.4 Signs, Structure, and Grammar
  • 2.5 Literacy in Ancient Egypt
  • 2.6 Textual Studies
  • 2.7 Use of Texts in Egyptian Archaeology
  • 2.8 Historical Outline of Pharaonic Egypt
  • 2.9 The Egyptian Civil Calendar, King Lists, and Calculation of Pharaonic Chronology
  • Chapter 3 The Environmental Background to Pharaonic Civilization: Geography, Environment, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
  • 3.1 Geography: Terms and Place Names
  • 3.2 Environmental Setting
  • 3.3 Environmental and Other Problems for Archaeology in Egypt
  • 3.4 The Seasons and the Agricultural System
  • 3.5 The Ancient Egyptian Diet
  • 3.6 Other Useful Animals and Plants
  • 3.7 Building Materials
  • 3.8 Other Resources: Clays, Stones, Minerals
  • 3.9 Imported Materials
  • Chapter 4 Egyptian Prehistory: The Paleolithic and Neolithic
  • Paleolithic
  • 4.1 Paleolithic Cultures in Egypt
  • 4.2 Lower Paleolithic
  • 4.3 Middle Paleolithic
  • 4.4 Upper Paleolithic
  • 4.5 Late Paleolithic
  • 4.6 Epipaleolithic (Final Paleolithic)
  • Neolithic
  • 4.7 Saharan Neolithic
  • 4.8 Neolithic in the Nile Valley: Faiyum A and Lower Egypt
  • 4.9 Neolithic in the Nile Valley: Middle and Upper Egypt
  • Chapter 5 The Rise of Complex Society and Early Civilization
  • Predynastic Egypt
  • 5.1 The Predynastic Period: Egypt in the Fourth Millennium BC
  • 5.2 Lower Egypt: Predynastic Culture
  • 5.3 Upper Egypt: Naqada Culture
  • 5.4 Lower Nubia: A-Group Culture
  • 5.5 State Formation and Unification
  • The Early Dynastic State
  • 5.6 Organization and Institutions of the Early Dynastic State
  • 5.7 Early Writing and Formal Art
  • 5.8 The Expanding State
  • 5.9 Who Were the Ancient Egyptians? Physical Anthropology
  • Chapter 6 The Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period
  • 6.1 The Old Kingdom: Overview
  • The Early Old Kingdom
  • 6.2 The 3rd Dynasty: Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara
  • 6.3 The 4th Dynasty's First King, Sneferu, and His Three Pyramids
  • 6.4 Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza
  • 6.5 The Great Sphinx and Khafra's Pyramid Complex
  • 6.6 Menkaura's Giza Pyramid and Its Remarkable Valley Temple Finds
  • 6.7 Giza Pyramid Towns
  • 6.8 Giza Mastabas, Queen Hetepheres's Hidden "Tomb," and the Workmen's Cemetery
  • The Later Old Kingdom

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