The Dark Side of Urbanisation: Inequality, Precarity and “Gentrification” in Middle Kingdom Tell el-Dabca, Ancient Avaris
Tamna strana urbanizacije: Nejednakost, prekarnost i gentrifikacija u drevnom Avarisu (Tel el-Daba) tokom Srednjeg carstva

Summary/Abstract: Tell el-Dabca, ancient Avaris (eastern Delta in Egypt), was initially settledin the late 11th-early 12th dynasty, when a planned settlement was built in area F/I. Thissettlement was abandoned two times. The first abandonment was followed by the returnof the same people, or the people of the same social background and class, to theexisting planned settlement. After the second abandonment and a hiatus, the demolitionand levelling of the area took place. These changes were previously interpreted as asimple reorganization of space. This paper argues that the changes in the settlementstructure in the area, are a reflection of a profound change in the social background andclass of the inhabitants. These changes are a consequence of class inequality and precarityunderstood as “politically induced condition” which allowed the “gentrification”of the area.

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