The Social Context of Trash Disposal in an Early Dynastic Egyptian Town
- 20 January 1974
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 39 (1) , 35-50
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279217
Abstract
The study of trash, although long in the forefront of actual archaeological research, has seldom been conducted in such a way as to emphasize the social and cultural context of the rules governing trash disposal. Evidence from the Early Dynastic town site of Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt is used to support the contention that a knowledge of human patterns of trash disposal can be a valuable tool in the study of the composition and functioning of "urban" centers, as well as of general use in interpreting archaeological remains.Keywords
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