Materialising kinship, constructing relatedness: kin group display and commemoration in First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom Egypt (ca 2150–1650 BCE)

Thesis

The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of ancient Egyptian kinship in the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom (ca 2150–1650 BCE) by exploring how forms of relatedness were displayed in the monumental record. Kinship and marriage are contextually driven sociocultural phenomena that should be approached from the actors' perspective; such an approach can achieve some insight into emic notions of kinship, because monuments were integral to society and contributed...

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Authors: Olabarria, L

• Publication date: 2014
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: anthropology of kinship; kin groups; developmental cycle; kinship; archaeology; families; material studies; Abydos; stelae; social structure; agency; households; memory; Egyptology
• Subjects: Material anthropology; Social anthropology; Anthropology; Archeology; Egyptology; Materials studies (archaeology)