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Brown, Marina Wilding.

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'Keeping Enemies Closer:' Ascribed Material Agency in Ancient Egyptian Rock Inscriptions and the Projection of Presence and Power in Liminal Regions.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	'Keeping Enemies Closer:' Ascribed Material Agency in Ancient Egyptian Rock Inscriptions and the Projection of Presence and Power in Liminal Regions./
作者:	Brown, Marina Wilding.
面頁冊數:	1367 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-11(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International76-11A(E).
標題:	Ancient history. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3663479
ISBN:	9781321929652

'Keeping Enemies Closer:' Ascribed Material Agency in Ancient Egyptian Rock Inscriptions and the Projection of Presence and Power in Liminal Regions.
Brown, Marina Wilding.

'Keeping Enemies Closer:' Ascribed Material Agency in Ancient Egyptian Rock Inscriptions and the Projection of Presence and Power in Liminal Regions. - 1367 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-11(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 2015.

This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

The liminal regions beyond the Nile valley, ideologically equated with regions of chaos and disorder, nevertheless played host to virtually continuous Egyptian activity spanning the Predynastic to the Greco-Roman period. Chief among the material sources available to researchers studying the ancient Egyptian use of and interaction with these liminal regions are the vast corpora of rock art and rock inscriptions that line the ancient Nilotic and desert routes. While many of the inscriptions record historical content -- such as information on the goals of an expedition, the course of military campaigns, the composition of the army, or the relationship between individuals and their gods -- the majority of inscriptions are seemingly simple markers of identity, 'mere' names and titles carved into the landscape. This dissertation contends that rock inscriptions are a material expression of the relationship between Egyptians and their environment and in this way the corpus has the potential to expand or supplement extant non-rock inscription corpora related to activities and site formation in liminal areas.

ISBN: 9781321929652Subjects--Topical Terms:

2144815
Ancient history.

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520 $a While rock inscription evidence forms an important supplemental source to many historical studies an emphasis on the content of the rock inscriptions often results in the neglect of the more laconic carvings. Diverging from content-focused analytical frameworks the present study proposes that the application of a structuralist-functionalist inspired framework has the potential to unlock additional information. Drawing on the theoretical underpinnings of phenomenology, material culture studies, and material agency studies this dissertation formulates a new theoretical framework that understands rock inscriptions as affective material agents of social construction that are ascribed the power to establish, maintain, and influence social networks between individuals, geopolitical entities, and the environment.
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