Technology and urbanism in Late Bronze Age Egypt Hodgkinson, Anna K. (Anna Kathrin) creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2018 First edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xxvii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of the intra-urban distribution of high-status goods, and their production or role as a marker of the nature of the settlements known as royal cities of New Kingdom Egypt (c.1550-1069 BC). Using spatial analysis to detect patterns of artefact distribution, the study focuses on Amarna, Gurob, and Malqata, incorporating Qantir/Pi-Ramesse for comparison. Being royal cities, these three settlements had a great need for luxury goods. Such items were made of either highly valuable materials, or materials that were not easily produced and therefore required a certain set of skills. Specifically, the industries discussed are those of glass, faience, metal, sculpture, and textiles. Analysis of the evidence of high-status industrial processes throughout the urban settlements, has demonstrated that industrial activities took place in institutionalized buildings, in houses of the elite, and also in small domestic complexes. This leads to the conclusion that materials were processed at different levels throughout the settlements and were subject to a strict pattern of control. The methodological approach to each settlement necessarily varies, depending on the nature and quality of the available data. By examining the distribution of high-status or luxury materials, in addition to archaeological and artefactual evidence of their production, a deeper understanding has been achieved of how industries were organized and how they influenced urban life in New Kingdom Egypt. Introduction and background -- Amarna : urban manufacture of luxury items -- Gurob : luxury goods manufacture in a harbour and palace city -- Malqata : manufacturing at a ceremonial settlement -- Luxury goods manufacture at Amarna, Gurob, and Malqata compared -- The workshop as a microcosm : workshops and factories in urban settlements -- Household or cottage industries : modelling industrial diversity in New Kingdom houses and courtyards -- Conclusions. Specialized. specialized Anna K. Hodgkinson. This edition previously issued in print: 2018. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-ua--- Cities and towns Egypt History Manufacturing industries Egypt History To 1500 Luxuries Egypt History To 1500 Egypt History New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C Villes Égypte Histoire Égypte Histoire ca 1550-1070 av. J.-C. (Nouvel Empire) HISTORY Ancient Egypt Cities and towns Luxuries Manufacturing industries Egypt To 1500 fast DT60 .H64 2018eb 932.014 Oxford studies in Egyptian archaeology 9780191917189 0191917184 9780192525482 0192525484 9780198803591 0198803591 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/40321 AU@ 200915 20260319183522.1 in00005719728 eng