The archaeology of urbanism in ancient Egypt : from the predynastic period to the end of the Middle Kingdom /

In this book, Nadine Moeller challenges prevailing views on Egypt's non-urban past and argues for Egypt as an early urban society. She traces the emergence of urban features during the Predynastic Period up to the disintegration of the powerful Middle Kingdom state (c.3500-1650 BC). This book o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moeller, Nadine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Urbanization > Egypt, Ancient.
Architecture, Ancient > Egypt.
Architecture antique > Égypte.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Antiquities.
Architecture, Ancient.
Urbanization.
Stadt
Archäologie
Egypt > Antiquities.
Égypte > Antiquités.
Egypt.
Ägypten > Altertum
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ancient urbanism and the case of Egypt
  • Current and past studies of Egyptian settlements
  • The environmental setting
  • The origins of urban society
  • The settlements of the Old Kingdom
  • The layout of Old Kingdom houses
  • The development of towns during the end of the Old Kingdom and the first intermediate period (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
  • The Middle Kingdom: town planning and internal colonization at its height
  • House layouts in the Middle Kingdom
  • Final conclusions.

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