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From Microcosm to Macrocosm: Individual Households and Cities in Ancient Egypt and Nubia
Contributor(s): Budka, Julia (Editor), Auenmüller, Johannes (Editor)

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 ISBN: 9088905983     ISBN-13: 9789088905988
Publisher: Sidestone Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient - Egypt
- Social Science | Archaeology
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.2" W x 10.9" L (1.85 lbs) 360 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - North Africa
- Cultural Region - Middle East
 
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Publisher Description:
As reflected in the title "From Microcosm to Macrocosm: Individual households and cities in Ancient Egypt and Nubia," both a micro-approach introducing microhistories of individual sites according to recent archaeological fieldwork incorporating interdisciplinary methods as well as general patterns and regional developments in Northeast Africa are discussed.

This combination of research questions on the micro-level with the macro-level provides new information about cities and households in Ancient Egypt and Nubia and makes the book unique. Architectural studies as well as analyses of material culture and the new application of microarchaeology, here especially of micromorphology and archaeometric applications, are presented as case studies from sites primarily dating to the New Kingdom (Second Millennium BC). The rich potential of well-preserved but still not completely explored sites in modern Sudan, especially as direct comparison for already excavated sites located in Egypt, is in particular emphasized in the book.

Settlement archaeology in Egypt and Nubia has recently moved away from a strong textual approach and generalized studies to a more site-specific approach and household studies. This new bottom-up approach applied by current fieldwork projects is demonstrated in the book. The volume is intended for all specialists at settlements sites in Northeast Africa, for students of Egyptology and Nubian Studies, but it will be of interest to anyone working in the field of settlement archaeology. It is the result of a conference on the same subject held in 2017 as the closing event of the European Research Council funded project AcrossBorders at Munich.

Contributor Bio(s): Budka, Julia: - Prof. Dr. Julia Budka studied Egyptology and Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna and received her PhD in Egyptology, University of Vienna in 2007. She held a researcher position at Humboldt University Berlin (2004‒2012) and was a temporary replacement Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna (2011‒2012). With a START Prize 2012 and ERC Starting Grant 2012 she implemented her project AcrossBorders at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Since 2015, Julia Budka is Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Art, LMU Munich (and transferred her ERC project to LMU). Her speciality fields are Egyptian archaeology and ceramics; she conducts excavations in Sudan and Egypt, both at funerary and settlement sites, especially at Luxor (Thebes), Elephantine, Abydos and Sai Island. Her main publications include three monographs (Der König an der Haustür, Vienna 2001; Der Schönbrunner Obelisk, Vienna 2005 and Bestattungsbrauchtum und Friedhofsstruktur im Asasif, Vienna 2010) and six edited volumes (e.g. AcrossBorders I, The New Kingdom Town of Sai Island, Sector SAV1 North, Vienna 2017; Non-textual marking systems in Ancient Egypt (and Elsewhere), edited with Frank Kammerzell and Slawomir Rzepka, Hamburg 2015 and Thebes in the First Millennium BC, edited with Elena Pischikova and Kenneth Griffin, Newcastle Upon Tyne 2014).Auenmuller, Johannes: - "Dr. Johannes Auenmüller Studied Egyptology, Classical Archaeology And Prehistoric Archaeology At Free University Berlin And Completed His Doctoral Studies Funded By The Berlin Cluster Of Excellence Topoi With A Dissertation About The Territoriality And Space-Related Identity Of The Egyptian New Kingdom Elite. He Then Conducted Archaeological And Archaeometric Research On A Unique Ensemble Of Late Period Casting Moulds For Producing Figurative Bronzes At The Egyptian Museum Of Bonn University. Since April 2015, He Is Research Associate At The Institute Of Egyptology And Coptology Of Münster University. In The Context Of His Employment Within The Erc Starting Grant Project Acrossborders At Lmu Munich, He Is Working On The New Kingdom Prosopography Of Sai Island And Environs. His Current Archaeological Work Focuses On Metalworking At Amara West (Sudan) As Member Of The Research Project Of The British Museum London. His Key Publications Are Die Territorialität Der Ägyptischen Elite(N) Des Neuen Reiches (Phd Thesis, Berlin 2015, Access Here: "Http: //Www.diss.fu-Berlin.de/Diss/Receive/Fudiss_Thesis_000000099252") And Contributions To The Exhibition Catalogue Gegossene Götter - Metallhandwerk Und Massenproduktion Im Alten Ägypten, Rahden/Westf. 2014 (Edited By M. Fitzenreiter, Chr.e. Loeben, D. Raue And U. Wallenstein)."
 
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