Olabarria Kinship and Family in Ancient Egypt

Archaeology and Anthropology in Dialogue
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-59883-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

In this interdisciplinary study, Leire Olabarria examines ancient Egyptian society through the notion of kinship. Drawing on methods from archaeology and sociocultural anthropology, she provides an emic characterisation of ancient kinship that relies on performative aspects of social interaction. Olabarria uses memorial stelae of the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom (ca.2150–1650 BCE) as her primary evidence. Contextualising these monuments within their social and physical landscapes, she proposes a dynamic way to explore kin groups through sources that have been considered static. The volume offers three case studies of kin groups at the beginning, peak, and decline of their developmental cycles respectively. They demonstrate how ancient Egyptian evidence can be used for cross-cultural comparison of key anthropological topics, such as group formation, patronage, and rites of passage.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olabarria, Leire

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Ancient Egyptian Kinship in Context: 1. Introduction: ancient Egyptian kinship between relatedness and material agency; 2. Understanding the sources: dating, characterisation, contextualisation, and display; 3. Setting the terms: etic and emic approaches to ancient Egyptian relatedness; 4. Between the emic and the etic: kin groups in ancient Egypt; 5. Dynamising kin groups; Part II. On Koinographic Analysis: 6. The birth of a kin group: from filiation to group formation; 7. The summit of a developmental cycle: non-genealogical relatedness; 8. Displaying decline: survival strategies and marriage patterns; 9. Conclusions: the dynamism of the social fabric.

Über Autor(innen)

Olabarria, Leire
Leire Olabarria is a Lecturer in Egyptology at the department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology of the University of Birmingham.