Indication of Social Differences?: Distribution of Imported Pottery at Amarna

During the Amarna period of the New Kingdom or the Late Bronze Age, people from the Aegean, Anatolia, the Levant, and Egypt had direct and semi-regular contact with each other. Connections have always existed but the Late Bronze Age can be considered an age of international relations where a much greater variety of contact can be seen, such as letters, trade containers and motive transfer. Because of this, pottery from different regions was imported into Egypt. Because Amarna has only one layer of occupation, it serves as a timestamp in history which can give us a lot of information about an almost complete social profile at Akhetaten, the ancient name for Amarna. I want to compare the distribution of the imported pottery and their archaeological context and see if there is a connection between the imported pottery and the social layers of the people who lived at Akhetaten. This leads to the following research question: What does the findspot of imported pottery from the Levant, the...Show moreDuring the Amarna period of the New Kingdom or the Late Bronze Age, people from the Aegean, Anatolia, the Levant, and Egypt had direct and semi-regular contact with each other. Connections have always existed but the Late Bronze Age can be considered an age of international relations where a much greater variety of contact can be seen, such as letters, trade containers and motive transfer. Because of this, pottery from different regions was imported into Egypt. Because Amarna has only one layer of occupation, it serves as a timestamp in history which can give us a lot of information about an almost complete social profile at Akhetaten, the ancient name for Amarna. I want to compare the distribution of the imported pottery and their archaeological context and see if there is a connection between the imported pottery and the social layers of the people who lived at Akhetaten. This leads to the following research question: What does the findspot of imported pottery from the Levant, the Aegean, and Cyprus in Tell el-Amarna tell us about their distribution among the different social classes?Show less

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