Title Egyptology in the present : experiential and experimental methods in archaeology / editor, Carolyn Graves-Brown with Wendy Goodridge ; contributors, Ashley Cooke [and nine others]

Published Swansea : The Classical Press of Wales, 2015 Bristol, CT : Distributor in North America, ISD ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxxviii, 207 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: Building bridges : experiential and experimental / Carolyn Graves-Brown (Egypt Centre, Swansea University) -- Flaxman Spurrell’s experimenting with painting materials / Ashley Cooke (National Museums Liverpool) -- Exposing ancient shipbuilders’ secrets / Pearce Paul Creasman (Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona) -- Beyond the technological : a novice knapper’s experience / Carolyn Graves-Brown (Egypt Centre, Swansea University) -- Experimental archaeology : from meadow to em-baa-lming table / Salima Ikram (American University in Cairo) -- Practical dressmaking for ancient Egyptians--making and pleating replica ancient Egyptian clothing / Janet M. Johnstone (Egyptian Cultural Heritage Organisation) -- Woodworking / Geoffrey Killen (Egyptologist, specialist in ancient woodworking technology) -- Egyptian depictions of flintknapping from the Old and Middle Kingdom, in the light of experiments and experience / Marquardt Lund (Archaeologist) -- Did ancient Egyptian textiles pleat themselves? / Ann Richards (Textile designer and analyst) -- Early experiments : a view from the Pitt Rivers Museum / Alice Stevenson (Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London) -- Some experiments in ancient Egyptian stone technology / Denys A. Stocks (Experimental archaeologist) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes "The volume ... is the result of an innovative conference held at Swansea University in 2010; a conference which brought together leading craftspeople and academics to explore the all-too-often opposed practices of experimental and experiential archaeology. While the focus is upon Egyptology, the volume has a wider importance."--Page vii Print version record Subject Experimental archaeology -- Congresses Egyptology -- Congresses HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. Antiquities Civilization Egyptology Experimental archaeology SUBJECT Egypt -- Antiquities -- Congresses Egypt -- Civilization -- 332 B.C.-638 A.D. -- Congresses Subject Egypt Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Graves-Brown, Carolyn, editor. Goodridge, Wendy, editor. Cooke, Ashley, author. ISBN 9781910589090 1910589098

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