Alternatives to colonization and marginal identities in New Kingdom colonial Nubia (1550–1070 BCE)

Lemos, Rennan und Budka, Julia (9. Dezember 2021): Alternatives to colonization and marginal identities in New Kingdom colonial Nubia (1550–1070 BCE). In: World Archaeology, Bd. 53, Nr. 3: S. 401-418

Abstract

Material culture worked as an essential supporting pillar of the ancient Egyptian colonization of Nubia. During the New Kingdom colonial period (1550–1070 BCE), the material culture of various colonial sites in Nubia consisted of a majority of Egyptian-style objects (including both imported and locally produced objects). Egyptian-style objects materialized foreign presence in local contexts and allowed communities to negotiate identities and positions in a colonial situation. However, far from homogenizing local realities, objects performed different roles in local contexts. This sheds light on the social dimensions of culture contacts in colonial situations and allows us to identify how the local adoption and uses of foreign objects in local contexts produces marginality in the colony.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• EU Funded Grant Agreement Number: 865463
• EU-Projekte: Horizon 2020 > ERC Grants > ERC Consolidator Grant > ERC Grant 865463: DiverseNile - Cultural diversity in the Middle Nile Valley. Reconstructing biographies in the periphery of urban centres in northern Sudan during the Bronze Age ; Horizon 2020
• Keywords: Ancient Nubia; Ancient Egypt; Colonialism; Material Culture
• Fakultät: Kulturwissenschaften > Department für Kulturwissenschaften und Altertumskunde > Ägyptologie
• Themengebiete: 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 930 Geschichte des Altertums (bis ca. 499), Archäologie
• Sprache: Englisch