“Nubian” archers in Avaris: A study of culture historical reasoning in archaeology of Egypt

The archaeology of Egypt is in world archaeological circles widely regarded as non-theoretical in a negative sense. The consequence of such a state of the discipline are often uncritical uses of concepts and models which were under heavy critique in archaeology since the 1960s. This paper examines...

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Autor principal:	Uroš Matić
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Lenguaje:	EN FR SR
Publicado:	University of Belgrade 2016
Materias:	archaeology of Egypt culture-historical archaeology archaeological culture race “Nubian” archers Avaris (Tell el Dabca) Anthropology GN1-890
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3bdc1e2af28a40bd805bd4459826a0dd2021-12-02T01:50:22Z“Nubian” archers in Avaris: A study of culture historical reasoning in archaeology of Egypt10.21301/eap.v9i3.80353-15892334-8801https://doaj.org/article/3bdc1e2af28a40bd805bd4459826a0dd2016-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/69https://doaj.org/toc/0353-1589https://doaj.org/toc/2334-8801 The archaeology of Egypt is in world archaeological circles widely regarded as non-theoretical in a negative sense. The consequence of such a state of the discipline are often uncritical uses of concepts and models which were under heavy critique in archaeology since the 1960s. This paper examines the culture-historical reasoning in archaeology of Egypt by analysing the arguments provided for the presence of “Nubian” archers in Avaris (Tell el-Dabca). Their presence in Tell el-Dabca is often argued with the presence of Nubian pottery, arrowheads and skeletal remains. This paper analyses the way these finds of different date and contexts, are brought together in a coherent archaeological narrative. It is argued that the finds were identified as Nubian and mutually related because of the cultural-historical reasoning taken as an unquestionable interpretative model, a hidden theory. Uroš MatićUniversity of Belgradearticlearchaeology of Egyptculture-historical archaeologyarchaeological culturerace“Nubian” archers Avaris (Tell el Dabca)AnthropologyGN1-890ENFRSREtnoantropološki Problemi, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2016)
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topic	archaeology of Egypt culture-historical archaeology archaeological culture race “Nubian” archers Avaris (Tell el Dabca) Anthropology GN1-890
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description	The archaeology of Egypt is in world archaeological circles widely regarded as non-theoretical in a negative sense. The consequence of such a state of the discipline are often uncritical uses of concepts and models which were under heavy critique in archaeology since the 1960s. This paper examines the culture-historical reasoning in archaeology of Egypt by analysing the arguments provided for the presence of “Nubian” archers in Avaris (Tell el-Dabca). Their presence in Tell el-Dabca is often argued with the presence of Nubian pottery, arrowheads and skeletal remains. This paper analyses the way these finds of different date and contexts, are brought together in a coherent archaeological narrative. It is argued that the finds were identified as Nubian and mutually related because of the cultural-historical reasoning taken as an unquestionable interpretative model, a hidden theory.
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title	“Nubian” archers in Avaris: A study of culture historical reasoning in archaeology of Egypt
title_short	“Nubian” archers in Avaris: A study of culture historical reasoning in archaeology of Egypt
title_full	“Nubian” archers in Avaris: A study of culture historical reasoning in archaeology of Egypt
title_fullStr	“Nubian” archers in Avaris: A study of culture historical reasoning in archaeology of Egypt
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publisher	University of Belgrade
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“Nubian” archers in Avaris: A study of culture historical reasoning in archaeology of Egypt

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