Richard W. Redding

Gebundenes Buch

A View from the Herd

Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Pigs in Pharaonic Egypt: A Primer for Egyptologists and Archaeologists

Beschreibung

In this book, the late Richard Redding synthesizes his decades-long work on the ancient agricultural economy of Egypt. Drawing on a diverse range of data, including zooarchaeology, ancient texts and iconographic sources, he explores the role of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs in the economic infrastructure of ancient, mainly Pharaonic, Egypt.

Autor

Richard Redding was a research scientist at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan. He directed the Kom el-Hisn project with Robert Wenke in 1984, 1986, and 1988. Following this, he joined the AERA team at Heit el-Ghurab, a settlement at Giza. He is co-author (with Robert Wenke and Anthony Cagle) of Kom El-Hisn (ca. 2500-1900 BC): An Ancient Settlement in the Nile Delta (Lockwood, 2016).

Produktdetails

• Archaeobiology
• Verlag: Lockwood Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 215mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9781957454085
• ISBN-10: 1957454083
• Artikelnr.: 70140833