A Hippo Hip and and an Olive Pit
Author(s): Mark Lehner
Year: 2024
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Breaking the Mold: A Consideration of the Impacts and Legacies of Richard W. Redding" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
How Richard Redding's identification of a hippopotamus hip bone catalyzed a rethinking of the Heit el-Ghurab site of 4th Dynasty (ca. 2500 BCE) settlement at the Giza Pyramids, and how central authorities mobilized and organized labor for building pyramids.
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A Hippo Hip and and an Olive Pit. Mark Lehner. Presented at The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2024 ( tDAR id: 498792)
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Keywords
General
Bronze Age
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Labor Organization
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Social and Political Organization: States and Empires
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Zooarchaeology
Geographic Keywords
Africa: Egypt
Spatial Coverage
min long: 24.653; min lat: 21.861 ; max long: 36.87; max lat: 32.769 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 39164.0