This paper aims to analyse the different steps in the phenomenon of material entanglement – often invisible in the archaeological record – between the Egyptian and Nubian material cultures of the Second Intermediate Period (1750-1500 BC) in the so-called ‘Egyptian Cemetery’ (southern part of the Eastern Cemetery) at Kerma. Faience figurines have been selected as the case study to analyse the processes of a. material appropriation, when an Egyptian artefact is integrated into a different cultural world; b. incorporation and tinkering, when the appropriated product is reshaped/modified at Kerma; c. hybridisation, when there is the generation of a product with a new ontological meaning, reinterpreted on a local background.
The Material Entanglement in the ‘Egyptian Cemetery’ in Kerma (Sudan, 1750-1500 BC): Appropriation, Incorporation, Tinkering, and Hybridisation
Miniaci
2019-01-01
Abstract
This paper aims to analyse the different steps in the phenomenon of material entanglement – often invisible in the archaeological record – between the Egyptian and Nubian material cultures of the Second Intermediate Period (1750-1500 BC) in the so-called ‘Egyptian Cemetery’ (southern part of the Eastern Cemetery) at Kerma. Faience figurines have been selected as the case study to analyse the processes of a. material appropriation, when an Egyptian artefact is integrated into a different cultural world; b. incorporation and tinkering, when the appropriated product is reshaped/modified at Kerma; c. hybridisation, when there is the generation of a product with a new ontological meaning, reinterpreted on a local background.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
