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Perspectives on materiality in ancient Egypt : agency, cultural reproduction and change / edited by Érika Maynart, Carolina Velloza and Rennan Lemos. - 1 online resource (iv, 110 pages) : illustrations (colour)

Previously issued in print: 2018. Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service.

Divine worship and action: representations of the Amarna Royal Family / Children and Materiality in Ancient Egypt / Materiality and cultural reproduction in non-elite cemeteries / The sap of life: materiality and sex in the divine birth legend of Hatshepsut and Amenhotep III / Texts, materiality and agency in Middle Kingdom literature / "All that glitters is not gold:" the symbolism and materiality of Egyptian funerary amulets / Materiality and history: some reflections / The acting image and the materialisation of social realities / Agency and representation of Nubians in Egyptian iconogaphy in the 18th Dynasty: ethnic strategies and negotiations / Gisela Chapot -- Benjamin Hinson -- Rennan Lemos -- Uroš Matić -- Érika Maynart -- Carmen Muñoz Pérez -- Marcelo Rede -- Carolina Velloza -- Fábio Amorim Vieira.

Growing out of a colloquium organised in Sao Paulo in March 2016, here nine papers approach the potential of materiality in Ancient Egypt based on several case studies covering a wide range of topics such as Egyptian art, recent perspectives on sex and gender, hierarchies, and the materiality of textual sources and images.

Specialized.

ISBN: 9781784919344 1784919349

Source: 9781784919344 Archaeopress Publishing 22573/ctv1z9rp51 JSTOR

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB8J0708 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019087746 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
To 1500

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Material culture--History--Egypt--To 1500.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Antiquities.
Material culture.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Egypt--Antiquities.
Égypte--Antiquités.
Egypt.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: DT60

Dewey Class. No.: 932