Boat-building and its social context in early Egypt: Interpretations from the First Dynasty boat-grave cemetery at Abydos

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 307, 2006, Pages 118-129

  Ward, Cheryl ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boat building; Boat burial; Carpentry; Dynastic Egypt

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CEMETERY; CULTURAL TRADITION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL HISTORY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EGYPT; NILE; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 33749480249     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00093303     Document Type: Article

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