Material Culture and Identities in Egyptology

Download or read book Material Culture and Identities in Egyptology written by Bettina Bader and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the connection between identity and material culture, which forms the backbone of archaeology. The assumed direct relationship between the things of daily life and the aspects of identity such as gender, age or ethnicity to name but a few is challenged under consideration of post-colonial theories and critically applied to a case study in ancient Egypt (Tell el-Dab'a), which provides exclusively material culture for interpretation. Besides a detailed introduction to the formation and current use of aspects of identity and culture concepts with special regard to archaeology, definitions (such as 'entanglement' and 'appropriation') and a placement of fusions of material culture from various areas in the theoretical framework are proposed.