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Animal husbandry during the Old and Middle Kingdoms in Ancient Egypt: a thesis in two volumes
thesis
posted on 2022-03-28, 01:52authored byPaul Leonard Jones
The most important development in the history of civilization was the shift from the traditional "Hunter-Gatherer" lifestyle to one of ordered settlement and the domestication of plant and animal species. One of the parameters that can be used to test the maturity of a civilisation is the relationship that exists between the people and the domesticated animals that they maintain, and their importance to that society. This dissertation explores these animal husbandry practices and their relevance in the daily life of the Egyptians of the Old and Middle Kingdoms and their modern day parallels, of which there are many. Such a study is paramount in understanding how the ancient Egyptians ministered to their herds and developed their unique understanding of farmed animal behaviour. By an examination of scenes of daily life taken from chapel and tomb wall art as they relate to animal husbandry practices from the Old and Middle Kingdoms of ancient Egypt this thesis attempts to compare and contrast these illustrated practices with "modern" day examples, where applicable. In many cases, this research has indicated that nothing has changed over the period of 5,000 years in many parts of this world, thus emphasising that the ancient Egyptians were highly advanced and skilled in their understanding of those animals that were the focus of their husbandry practices. These practices are the basis of many activities that are still in vogue in parts of the developed world -- abstract.
History
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1. The origins of Egyptian cattle in the Old and Middle Kingdoms -- Chapter 2. The size of cattle herds in the Old and Middle Kingdoms -- Chapter 3. Large cattle procreation -- Chapter 4. Large cattle milking scenes -- Chapter 5. Large cattle fording a stream or wet land -- Chapter 6. Hand feeding/fattening and treatment of large cattle -- Chapter 7. Scenes of fighting bulls -- Chapter 8. Tethering and restraining methods -- Chapter 9. Miscellaneous scenes of large cattle -- Chapter 10. Utilisation of large cattle -- Chapter 11. Pigs -- Chapter 12. Sheep -- Chapter 13. Goats -- Chapter 14. Donkeys -- Chapter 15. Desert ungulates -- Chapter 16. Hyenas -- Conclusions -- Tomb references -- Bibliography -- Appendices | Volume 2. Illustrations and figures -- Chapter 1. The origins of Egyptian cattle in the Old and Middle Kingdoms -- Chapter 2. The size of cattle herds in the Old and Middle Kingdoms -- Chapter 3. Large cattle procreation -- Chapter 4. Large cattle milking scenes -- Chapter 5. Large cattle fording a stream or wet land -- Chapter 6. Hand feeding/fattening and treatment of large cattle -- Chapter 7. Scenes of fighting bulls -- Chapter 8. Tethering and restraining methods -- Chapter 9. Miscellaneous scenes of large cattle -- Chapter 10. Utilisation of large cattle -- Chapter 11. Pigs -- Chapter 12. Sheep -- Chapter 13. Goats -- Chapter 14. Donkeys -- Chapter 15. Desert ungulates -- Chapter 16. Hyenas.
Notes
Theoretical thesis.
Bibliography: pages 354-383
Awarding Institution
Macquarie University
Degree Type
Thesis PhD
Degree
PhD, Macquarie University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Ancient History
Department, Centre or School
Department of Ancient History
Year of Award
2018
Principal Supervisor
Naguib Kanawati
Additional Supervisor 1
Linda Evans
Rights
Copyright Paul Leonard Jones 2018.
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Language
English
Extent
1 online resource (two volumes): illustrations, some colour