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This Element demonstrates how ceramics, a dataset that is more typically identified with chronology than social analysis, can forward the study of Egyptian society writ large. This Element argues that the sheer mass of ceramic material indicates the importance of pottery to Egyptian life. Ceramics form a crucial dataset with which Egyptology must critically engage, and which necessitate working with the Egyptian past using a more fluid theoretical toolkit. This Element will demonstrate how ceramics may be employed in social analyses through a focus on four broad areas of inquiry: regionalism; ties between province and state, elite and non-elite; domestic life; and the relationship of political change to social change. While the case studies largely come from the Old through Middle Kingdoms, the methods and questions may be applied to any period of Egyptian history.

Table of Contents
1. Ceramics as Dataset; 2. Integration of State and Province; 3. Investigating Egyptian Regionalism; 4. The Relationship of Political to Social Change; 5. The Complexity of Private Life; 6. Finding People through Potsherds; Glossary; References.

Ceramic Perspectives on Ancient Egyptian Society

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 6/24/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781108744133
      978-1108744133
      ISBN-10 1108744133
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This Element demonstrates how ceramics, a dataset that is more typically identified with chronology than social analysis, can forward the study of Egyptian society writ large. This Element argues that the sheer mass of ceramic material indicates the importance of pottery to Egyptian life. Ceramics form a crucial dataset with which Egyptology must critically engage, and which necessitate working with the Egyptian past using a more fluid theoretical toolkit. This Element will demonstrate how ceramics may be employed in social analyses through a focus on four broad areas of inquiry: regionalism; ties between province and state, elite and non-elite; domestic life; and the relationship of political change to social change. While the case studies largely come from the Old through Middle Kingdoms, the methods and questions may be applied to any period of Egyptian history.

      Table of Contents
      1. Ceramics as Dataset; 2. Integration of State and Province; 3. Investigating Egyptian Regionalism; 4. The Relationship of Political to Social Change; 5. The Complexity of Private Life; 6. Finding People through Potsherds; Glossary; References.

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