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Bernard MATHIEU Bernard MATHIEU
Université Paul Valéry - MontpellierInstitut d'Egyptologie François Daumas, Faculty Member

Du conflit archaïque au mythe osirien. Pour une lecture socio-politique du mythe dans l'Égypte pharaonique

Two main mythical patterns have invigorated Ancient Egypt society and its literary production, as soon as Pyramid Texts appeared: the archaic myth of Horus and Seth, born during the Early Dynastic times, and the Osirian myth, which spread out quickly through the whole land from the Vth Dynasty on. The first one, the originally historiographical aim of which is to explain how the Pharaonic State was born and why Egypt was a dual entity, has been used as a model for juridical practice, administration and management. The second one, through establishing the institutional rules for...

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david browman
Washington University in St. LouisAnthropology, Faculty Member

New Perspectives on the Origins of Americanist Archaeology

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Gideon Hartman
University of ConnecticutAnthropology - Old World Prehistoric Archaeology, Faculty Member

Isotopic Evidence for Early Trade in Animals between Old Kingdom Egypt and Canaan

Isotope data from a sacrificial ass and several ovicaprines (sheep/goat) from Early Bronze Age household deposits at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel provide direct evidence for the movement of domestic draught/draft and husbandry animals between Old Kingdom Egypt (during the time of the Pyramids) and Early Bronze Age III Canaan (ca. 2900–2500 BCE). Vacillat-ing, bi-directional connections between Egypt and Canaan are known throughout the Early Bronze Age, but here we provide the first concrete evidence of early trade in animals from Egypt to Canaan.

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Tate                                          Paulette Tate Paulette
Brown UniversityJoukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Post-Doc

Grain, storage, and state making in Mesopotamia (3200–2000 BC)

In this chapter, I draw particular attention to grain storage and its pivotal role in the rhetoric and the logistics of state making in Mesopotamia. Grain storage facilities were positioned—both physically and symbolically—at the very heart of the redistributive economy and at the very heart of the state apparatus in Mesopotamia. Grain storage, therefore, offers a unique vantage point from which to examine not only the nature of state power but also the process of state making. The earliest Mesopotamian states did not simply appear, fully formed and destined for total domination. They were...

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Gernot Wilhelm Gernot Wilhelm
University of WürzburgAncient Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus

G. Wilhelm, Nefertiti was not abducted!, Archaeology Odyssee 1998/Fall, 16

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Vernon Knight Vernon Knight
University of Alabama - TuscaloosaAnthropology, Emeritus

The Editors Speak: Reminiscences of the Editors of the Journal Southeastern Archaeology on the Occasion of Its Twentieth Anniversary

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Marina Sardi Marina Sardi
Universidad Nacional de La PlataDivisión ANtropología, Faculty Member

Spatial patterns and evolutionary processes in southern South America: A study of dental morphometric variation

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Aren                                          Maeir Aren Maeir
Bar-Ilan UniversityMartin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Faculty Member

Arnold et al. 2016. Isotopic Evidence for Early Trade in Animals Between Old Kingdom Egypt and Canaan. PLOS ONE

Isotope data from a sacrificial ass and several ovicaprines (sheep/goat) from Early Bronze Age household deposits at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel provide direct evidence for the movement of domestic draught/draft and husbandry animals between Old Kingdom Egypt (during the time of the Pyramids) and Early Bronze Age III Canaan (ca. 2900–2500 BCE). Vacillating, bi-directional connections between Egypt and Canaan are known throughout the Early Bronze Age, but here we provide the first concrete evidence of early trade in animals from Egypt to Canaan.

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Lisa                                          Börjesson Lisa Börjesson
Uppsala UniversityDepartment of ALM (Archival, Library, Information & Museum Studies), Graduate Student

Beyond information policy: Conflicting documentation ideals in extra-academic knowledge making practices

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore and explicate documentation ideals parallel to information policy, and by means of this analysis demonstrate how the concept "documentation ideals" is an analytical tool for engaging with political and institutional contexts of information practices. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a case study of documentation ideals in a debate about quality in archaeological documentation. The methodology draws on idea analysis, and on the science and technology studies' controversy studies approach. Findings – The paper explicates...

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