From privilege to poverty: The life -cycle of pyramid settlements during the Old Kingdom

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" From privilege to poverty: The life -cycle of pyramid settlements during the Old Kingdom "
Justine Victoria Way M. Gibson

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	55520
Doc. No	:	TL25474
Call number	:	‭3322656‬
Main Entry	:	Justine Victoria Way
Title & Author	:	From privilege to poverty: The life -cycle of pyramid settlements during the Old Kingdom\ Justine Victoria Way
College	:	The University of Chicago
Date	:	2008
Degree	:	Ph.D.
student score	:	2008
Page No	:	250
Abstract	:	A comprehensive characterization of Old Kingdom settlement is difficult to glean from the hints of urbanism known from the few archaeological sites from this period that have been excavated. This study takes in the settlements associated with pyramid complexes of the Old Kingdom and the accompanying textual evidence to gain a clearer understanding of urbanism during the Pyramid Age. The notion of the pyramid town is based on clear textual references to distinct settlements that were generally named for the associated pyramid, afforded special privileges and protections, and were occupied for many generations (in some cases centuries). Archaeologists have found few physical remains to provide an understanding of these settlements, beyond a smattering of houses within pyramid temples and hints of much larger settlements that are lost to the floodplain. Recent excavations along the low desert of the pyramid zone have opened up massive swaths of Old Kingdom settlement and suggest a reality that differs distinctly from the tiny shantytowns that housed temple priests. This study brings together all of the settlements associated with pyramid complexes, the textual evidence, and new evidence from Giza to present a more comprehensive understanding of urbanism during the Old Kingdom.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Egypt; Old Kingdom; Pyramid settlements; Pyramid town; Settlement; Urbanism; Archaeology; 0324:Archaeology
Added Entry	:	M. Gibson
Added Entry	:	The University of Chicago