An Archaeology of Art and Writing: Early Egyptian Labels in Context – eBook

Piquette‘s An Archaeology of Art and Writing, ( PDF) offers a detailed treatment of the image as material culture. Centring on early Egyptian ivory, bone, and wooden labels—one of the earliest engraved and decorated object groups from burials in the lower Nile Valley—the research is secured in the image as the site of material action. A key objective of this ebook is to outline a contextual and reflexive approach to early art and writing as an accompaniment to the traditional focus on linguistic and iconographic meanings. Archaeological and anthropological approaches are merged with social theories of practice and agency to develop a more holistic perspective that situates early Egyptian imagery related to its manufacture, use, and final deposition in the funerary context. The dialectical relationships between production techniques, past embodied practitioners and materials, and compositional principles are examined for the insight they provide into changes and continuities in early Egyptian graphical expression across space and time. The electronic version of this ebook is accompanied by an online database of the inscribed labels, allowing the reader to explore through hyperlinks the fascinating body of evidence that underpins this innovative study.

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