Egyptian Archaeology

Willeke Wendrich is Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of a range of books, reports and articles, including: Who is Afraid of Basketry (1992), The World According to Basketry (1999), Berenike Reports (from 1995-2007, co-edited with Steven Sidebotham) and The Archaeology of Mobility (2007, co-editor with Hans Barnard) and editor-in-chief of the online UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (2008).

• List of Tables and Figures viiNotes on Contributors ixSeries Editors’ Preface xiiiNote on Transliteration and Transcription xiv1 Egyptian Archaeology: From Text to Context 1Willeke Wendrich2 Worship without Writing 15Stan Hendrickx, Dirk Huyge, and Willeke Wendrich3 Theories of State Formation 36E. Christiana Köhler4 Kingship and Legitimation 55Janet Richards5 Villages and the Old Kingdom 85Mark Lehner Copyrighted Material6 Regionality, Cultural and Cultic Landscapes 102David Jeffreys7 Tradition and Innovation: The Middle Kingdom 119Josef Wegner8 Foreigners in Egypt: Archaeological Evidence and Cultural Context 143Thomas Schneider9 Gender in Ancient Egypt 164T. G. Wilfong10 Class and Society: Position and Possessions 180Wolfram Grajetzki11 Identity and Personhood 200Willeke Wendrich12 Changes in the Afterlife 220John H. Taylor13 Consolidation, Innovation, and Renaissance 241Penelope Wilson14 Egypt in the Memory of the World 259Fekri A. Hassan15 Epilogue: Eternal Egypt Deconstructed 274Willeke Wendrich Index 279

“In conclusion, the uninitiated will have a tough read with this ‘quick’ access to Egyptology, and Egyptologists will have difficulty critically evaluating the various proposed developments. Therefore, it seems this book should serve as a very brief insight into certain themes for already initiated experts, and for that, it provides excellent points of departure indeed.”  (Bibliotheca Orientalis, 1 September 2014)“Willeke Wendrich’s edited volume, Egyptian archaeology, is perhaps the most ambitious of the three on offer here in terms of its scope and I would strongly recommend  it.”  (Antiquity, 1 January 2013)"Recommended. All academic levels/libraries." (Choice , 1 April 2011) Review copy sent 05/04/11: Faculty of Philosophy