{"product_id":"technology-and-urbanism-in-late-anna-k-hodgkinson-9780198803591","title":"Technology and Urbanism in Late Bronze Age Egypt","description":"This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of the intra-urban distribution of high-status goods, and their production or role as a marker of the nature of the settlements known as \u003cem\u003eroyal cities\u003c\/em\u003e of New Kingdom Egypt (c.1550-1069 BC). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing spatial analysis to detect patterns of artefact distribution, the study focuses on Amarna, Gurob, and Malqata, incorporating Qantir\/Pi-Ramesse for comparison. Being \u003cem\u003eroyal cities\u003c\/em\u003e, these three settlements had a great need for luxury goods. Such items were made of either highly valuable materials, or materials that were not easily produced and therefore required a certain set of skills. Specifically, the industries discussed are those of glass, faience, metal, sculpture, and textiles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnalysis of the evidence of high-status industrial processes throughout the urban settlements, has demonstrated that industrial activities took place in institutionalized buildings, in houses of the elite, and also in small domestic complexes. This leads to the conclusion that materials were processed at different levels throughout the settlements and were subject to a strict pattern of control. The methodological approach to each settlement necessarily varies, depending on the nature and quality of the available data. By examining the distribution of high-status or luxury materials, in addition to archaeological and artefactual evidence of their production, a deeper understanding has been achieved of how industries were organized and how they influenced urban life in New Kingdom Egypt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna K. Hodgkinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198803591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198803591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.10d","brand":"Anna K. Hodgkinson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435280216319,"sku":"9780198803591","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8011e3cb-e12f-45a7-beb5-6f972934577f.jpg?v=1777149394","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/technology-and-urbanism-in-late-anna-k-hodgkinson-9780198803591","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}