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Pottery and Economy in Old Kingdom Egypt

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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In Pottery and Economy in Old Kingdom Egypt, Leslie Anne Warden investigates the economic importance of utilitarian ceramics, particularly beer jars and bread moulds, in third millennium BC Egypt. The Egyptian economy at this period is frequently presented as state-centric or state-defined. This study forwards new methodology for a bottom-up approach to Egyptian economy, analyzing economic relationships through careful analysis of variation within the utilitarian wares which formed the basis of much economic exchange in the period. Beer jars and bread moulds, together with their archaeological, textual, and iconographic contexts, thus yield a framework for the economy which is fluid, agent-based, and defined by small scale, face-to-face relationships rather than the state.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-10-10
Mått155 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt667 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCulture and History of the Ancient Near East
Antal sidor322
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004259843

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Acknowledgements List of Tables List and Figures and ChartsAbbreviations Chapter 1: Egyptian Economic History: Locating Power, Placing AgencyChapter 2: Wages and PayersChapter 3: Archaeology, Pottery, and EconomyChapter 4: Beer Jars, Standardization, and Economy Chapter 5: Bread Moulds: An Independent Economic Unit? Chapter 6: Microeconomic Systems: Ceramic Production Chapter 7: Placing Royal Administration and State Revenue Chapter 8: The State of the Egyptian EconomyAppendix 1 Sites and Corpora Used in this StudyAppendix 2 Individual Beer Jar Volumes in samples where n≥15Appendix 3Individual Bread Mould Volumes in samples where n≥14Bibliography