The Oxford handbook of Egyptology

Author:

Shaw, Ian, 1961-

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020 and ©2020

Subject:

Egyptology

Contributor:

Bloxam, Elizabeth Gambier, editor

ISBN:

9780199271870 and 0199271879

Series:

Oxford handbooks

Description:

xxviii, 1271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Egyptology: perspectives on a discipline -- The natural environment: studying the macro and micro-level -- Archaeological landscapes: surveying, characterizing, and managing -- Material culture -- Egypt and its neighbours: revisiting cross-border relationships -- Egyptian history: exploring sources and interpretative frameworks -- Society and culture: textual and iconographic approaches -- Scripts and philology -- Textual genres: current positions and future directions -- Museology and conservation

Summary:

The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology' offers a comprehensive survey of the entire study of ancient Egypt from prehistory through to the end of the Roman period. It seeks to place Egyptology within its theoretical, methodological, and historical contexts, indicating how the subject has evolved and discussing its distinctive contemporary problems, issues, and potential. 0Transcending conventional boundaries between archaeological and ancient textual analysis, the volume brings together 63 chapters that range widely across archaeological, philological, and cultural sub-disciplines, highlighting the extent to which Egyptology as a subject has diversified and stressing the need for it to seek multidisciplinary methods and broader collaborations if it is to remain contemporary and relevant. Organized into ten parts, it offers a comprehensive synthesis of the0various sub-topics and specializations that make up the field as a whole, from the historical and geographical perspectives that have influenced its development and current characteristics, to aspects of museology and conservation, and from materials and technology - as evidenced in domestic architecture and religious and funerary items - to textual and iconographic approaches to Egyptian culture. Authoritative yet accessible, it serves not only as an invaluable reference work for scholars and students working within the discipline, but also as a gateway into Egyptology for classicists, archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists, and linguists

Collection:

BGC Course Reserves

Call Number:

DT60 .O967 2020

Available

c.1

Course Name:

451. Global Materials along the Nile, 3400 BCE-500 CE. BGC Spring 2023

Instructor:

Malvoisin, A.