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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John BainesPublisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.658kg ISBN: 9781781793626ISBN 10: 178179362 Pages: 348 Publication Date: 30 November 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPrefaceList of FiguresConventionsChronological TableMap1. Contexts and Representations of High Culture2. Egypt as a Physical, Social and Represented Landscape3. A Planned World? The Early City, Patterns and Meanings of Settlement4. Celebration in the Landscape: A Hunting Party under Amenemhat II5. Elite ExperienceReviewsOne of the best aspects of this book [is] a stubborn focus not just on the evidence for elite experience in ancient Egypt, but on the human beings who lived this experience. If the point of archaeology is to move beyond the archaeological evidence toward an understanding of the people who produced this evidence, then this book is an admirable success;Ancient Near Eastern Studies;In the Introduction this carefully produced book sets out the methodological approach and the obvious challenges in a context where those expressing experience were limited by rules set up to define what was appropriate for being displayed (decorum). But as this book deals with sociology rather than the consumption of aesthetics, its author also convincingly shows that the leisured classes were striving for enjoyment, celebration and appreciation of the finer things of life;Egyptian Archaeology Author InformationJohn Baines is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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