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State formation is traditionally studied in an evolutionary framework and on the premise that, at... more State formation is traditionally studied in an evolutionary framework and on the premise that, at a certain point, social evolution will generate violence, counterbalanced by control. Egyptian state formation is no exception, and many scholars agree on the fact that it was achieved through war. The supporters of this view largely rely on representations linkable to conflict and violence. Building on the belief that representations are better suited to address ideology than events, I engage in the iconographical analysis of conflict-related representations.
The information acquired on author, focus, message and public allow us to sit the data within the wider representational cosmos of the Naqada phases, to analyse the relationship between ideology and statecraft, to speculate on the nature of elite and ultimately to suggest some new directions for addressing the slippery topic of state formation.
In this paper, I will consider archaeology as a dialogue between a modern scholar, ancient object... more In this paper, I will consider archaeology as a dialogue between a modern scholar, ancient objects, and some literature, chosen by the former and related to the latter.
Conference Presentations by Alberto Giannese
State formation is traditionally studied in an evolutionary framework and on the premise that, at... more State formation is traditionally studied in an evolutionary framework and on the premise that, at a certain point, social evolution will generate violence, counterbalanced by control. Egyptian state formation is no exception, and many scholars agree on the fact that it was achieved through war. The supporters of this view largely rely on representations linkable to conflict and violence. Building on the belief that representations are better suited to address ideology than events, I engage in the iconographical analysis of conflict-related representations.
The information acquired on author, focus, message and public allow us to sit the data within the wider representational cosmos of the Naqada phases, to analyse the relationship between ideology and statecraft, to speculate on the nature of elite and ultimately to suggest some new directions for addressing the slippery topic of state formation.
In this paper, I will consider archaeology as a dialogue between a modern scholar, ancient object... more In this paper, I will consider archaeology as a dialogue between a modern scholar, ancient objects, and some literature, chosen by the former and related to the latter.