Technology and Culture in Pharaonic Egypt

Actor Network Theory and the Archaeology of Things and People

Martin Fitzenreiter (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

75 Seiten

2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-07435-3 (ISBN)

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The inherent paradox of Egyptology is that the objective of its study – people living in Egypt in Pharaonic times – are never the direct object of its studies. Egyptology, as well as archaeology in general, approach ancient lives through material (and sometimes immaterial) remains. This Element explores how, through the interplay of things and people – of non-human actants and human actors – Pharaonic material culture is shaped. In turn, it asks how, through this interplay, Pharaonic culture as an epistemic entity is created: an epistemic entity which conserves and transmits even the lives and deaths of ancient people. Drawing upon aspects of Actor Network Theory, this Element introduces an approach to see technique as the interaction of people and things, and technology as the reflection of these networks of entanglement.

1. Introduction: A Conceptual Framework; 2. Technology and Archaeological Practice: Medicine; 3. Technology and Material Culture: Nutrition; 4. Technology and Conceptualisation: Craft; 5. Technology, Environment and Religion; 6. Technology and Society: Script; 7. Conclusion; References.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.09.2021
Reihe/Serie	Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 228 mm
Gewicht	150 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	1-009-07435-0 / 1009074350
ISBN-13	978-1-009-07435-3 / 9781009074353
Zustand	Neuware