The first cataract of the Nile: one region, diverse perspectives / edited by Dietrich Raue, Stephan J. Seidlmayer and Philipp Speiser.
Contributor(s): Raue, Dietrich
| Seidlmayer, Stephan Johannes | Speiser, Philipp
Language: English, German Publisher: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2013.Description: vi, 240 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 31 cm.ISBN: 9783110316940 (hbk.)ISSN: 1868-9450Subject(s): Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Elephantine | Elephantine (Egypt) -- Antiquities | Aswān (Egypt) -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 962 Summary: Cross-disciplinary studies in cultural history require regions with unusually favorable conditions of preservation as well as relevance to the disciplines and cultures involved. The first cataract of the Nile offers precisely such a combination, and this work employs a diverse set of academic perspectives to present a diachronic picture of its cultural and geographic history over a period of more than 5,000 years.
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Papers presented at the conference "The First Cataract - one region, various perspectives", held in Berlin, 2-4 September, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references.
Cross-disciplinary studies in cultural history require regions with unusually favorable conditions of preservation as well as relevance to the disciplines and cultures involved. The first cataract of the Nile offers precisely such a combination, and this work employs a diverse set of academic perspectives to present a diachronic picture of its cultural and geographic history over a period of more than 5,000 years.
Texts in English and in German.
AESMA14, AES2014