The Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt : Proceedings of the International Symposium held at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 22 & 23 February 2013

The Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt Proceedings of the International Symposium held at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 22 & 23 February 2013

Although Herodot's dictum that "Egypt is a gift of the Nile" is proverbial, there has been only scant attention to the way the river impacted on ancient Egyptian society. Egyptologists frequently focus on the textual and iconographic record, whereas archaeologists and earth scientists...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Willems, Harco (Editor), Dahms, Jan-Michael, editor (editor), Willems, Harco, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 2017
Bielefeld : [2017]
Colección:Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften
Materias:
African History.
Ancient Egypt.
Archaeology.
Civilization > History.
Cultural Ecology.
Cultural Landscape.
Fluvial Dynamics.
History.
Human ecology > History.
Natural Landscape.
Nature.
Nile.
Society.
Socio-Economic History.
Cultural History.
Environmental History.
HISTORY / General.
History
Egyptology
Fluvial Dynamics
Socio-Economic History
Archaeology
Nile
Ancient Egypt
Cultural Ecology
Society
Natural Landscape
Cultural Landscape
Nature
Cultural History
Environmental History
African History
Floodplain
Karnak
Levee
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009653786606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Modelling the Nile Agricultural Floodplain in Eleventh and Tenth Century B.C. Middle Egypt / Antoine, Jean-Christophe
  • Harbours and Coastal Military Bases in Egypt in the Second Millennium B.C. / Bietak, Manfred
  • Development of the Memphite Floodplain / Bunbury, Judith / Tavares, Ana / Pennington, Benjamin / Gonçalves, Pedro
  • Karnak's Quaysides / Boraik, Mansour / Gabolde, Luc / Graham, Angus
  • Medamud and the Nile / Montserrat, Félix Relats
  • The Nile in the Fayum / Römer, Cornelia
  • Nilometers - or: Can You Measure Wealth? / Sandri, Sandra
  • In Search of a Future Companion / Trampier, Joshua
  • The Dynamic Nature of the Transition from the Nile Floodplain to the Desert in Central Egypt since the Mid-Holocene / Verstraeten, Gert / Mohamed, Ihab / Notebaert, Bastiaan / Willems, Harco
  • The Analysis of Historical Maps as an Avenue to the Interpretation of Pre-Industrial Irrigation Practices in Egypt / Willems, Harco / Creylman, Hanne / De Laet, Véronique / Verstraeten, Gert
  • Landscapes of the Bashmur / Wilson, Penelope
  • Authors

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