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  Egyptology in the Present: Experiential and Experimental Methods in Archaeology
edited by Carolyn Graves-Brown
ISBN-9781910589021, 2015, pp xxxviii + 207,
 
This volume builds bridges between usually separate social groups, between different methodologies and even between disciplines. The experimental method is privileged in academic institutions and thus perhaps is subject to clear definitions. It tends to be associated with the scientific and technological. In opposition, the experiential is more rarely defined and is usually associated with schoolchildren, museums and heritage centres; it is often criticised for being unscientific. The introductory chapter of this volume examines the development of these traditionally-assumed differences, giving for the first time a critical and careful definition of the experiential in relation to the experimental. The two are seen as points on a continuum with much common ground. This claim is borne out by succeeding chapters, which cover such topics as textiles, woodworking and stoneworking. The volume, however, is important not only for Egyptology but for archaeological method more generally. It illuminates the pioneering of individuals who founded modern archaeological practice.
 

CONTENTS

Introduction: 'Building Bridges. Experiential and Experimental’ Carolyn Graves-Brown

'Flaxman Spurrell’s Experimenting with Painting Materials’ Ashley Cooke

'Exposing Ancient Shipbuilders’ Secrets’ Pearce Paul Creasman

'Beyond the Technological: A Novice Knapper’s Experience’ Carolyn Graves-Brown

'Experimental Archaeology: From Meadow to Em-baa-lming Table’ Salima Ikram

'Practical Dressmaking for Ancient Egyptians - Making and Pleating Replica Ancient Egyptian Clothing’ Janet M. Johnstone

'Woodworking’ Geoffrey Killen

'Some Observations and Practical Attempts according to Egyptian Depictions of Flintknapping Acts from the Old and Middle Kingdom’ Marquardt Lund

'Did Ancient Egyptian Textiles Pleat Themselves?’ Ann Richards

'Early Experiments: A View from the Pitt Rivers Museum' Alice Stevenson

'Some Experiments in Ancient Egyptian Stone Technology’ Denys A. Stocks
 

The EXARC Journal 2016-06-15

"Whether a dedicated academic or a fascinated amateur with a desire to explore mummification, woodworking or pleating techniques, this volume ventures beyond the somewhat narrow confines of Egyptology and deserves far wider recognition in the field of experimental archaeology as a whole. Egyptology in the Present will definitely be an asset to your bookshelf and certainly has the potential become a talking point, no matter your own historical period of interest! " Stephanie Harris