David M Wengrow

The Archaeology of Early Egypt, 10,000 to 2,650 Bc: Social Transformations in North East Africa, 10,000 to 2650 BC

The Archaeology of Early Egypt, 10,000 to 2,650 Bc: Social Transformations in North East Africa, 10,000 to 2650 BC

Cultures of Commodity Branding (UNIV COL LONDON INST ARCH PUB)

Commodity branding did not emerge with contemporary global capitalism. In fact, the authors of this volume show that the cultural history of branding stretches back to the beginnings of urban life in the ancient Near East and Egypt, and can be found in various permutations in places as diverse as th...

The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction (The Rostovtzeff Lectures)

It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times. The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative view. Composite figurations are intriguingly rare and isolate...

The Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformations in North-East Africa, c.10,000 to 2,650 BC (Cambridge World Archaeology)

In this authoritative survey of the archaeology of early Egypt, David Wengrow offers a new interpretation of the emergence of farming economies and the dynastic state, c.10,000 to 2,650 BC. Exploring key themes such as the nature of state power, kingship and the inception of writing, Wengrow illumin...

What Makes Civilization?: The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West

Our attachment to ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Egypt as the 'birthplace of civilization', where the foundations of our own societies were laid, is as strong today as it has ever been. When the Iraq Museum in Baghdad was looted in 2003, our newspapers proclaimed 'the death of history'. Yet the anci...

The Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformations in North-East Africa, c.10,000 to 2,650 BC (Cambridge World Archaeology) 1st (first) Edition by Wengrow, David published by Cambridge University Press (2006)

The Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformations in North-East Africa, c.10,000 to 2,650 BC (Cambridge World Archaeology) by Wengrow, David 1 edition (2006)

David Wengrow'sWhat Makes Civilization?: The Ancient Near East the Future of the West [Hardcover](2010)

By David Wengrow - The Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformations in North-East Africa, c.10,000 to 2,650 BC (1st Edition) (5/13/06)