Ronald Wrote:
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> Isn't it possible the AE regularly improvised on
> the very spot (succesfull improvisation =
> evolution), not in their plans, but in their modus
> operandi ?
Good history isn't really concerned with possibilities, buy rather with
probabilities. Put the entire concept in context, and your suggestion becomes unlikely.
1. The king was chosen by Re to lead the people.
2. The king required a carefully and specifically designed structure to carry out his role after his death.
3. The building of the pyramid tomb had to be organized and practical at the outset.
4. Massive resources were mobilized to carry out the endeavor.
5. Organization of these resources was planned at least as well as the structural design itself.
6. Therefore, "changes on the fly" were highly unlikely.
However, that does
not mean that technological advances or new construction methods were not discovered while working. They were not, however, probably incorporated in the particular project in which they were discovered, as it would have entailed replanning of workloads and reallocation of resources that could have cost valuable time.
Instead, it is likely that changes were incorporated in the next structure built, whether by that king or the next king to succeed him.
Having said that, I think we must also focus, once again, on the vast differences in mortuary structures over the millenia in Dynastic Egypt. A rubble-filled enclosure, such as one finds in Dynasty 12 and 13, would certainly have less constrictive design mandates than a megalithic construct designed to support not only its own weight, but to securely house rooms within that superstructure. I think you'll find the only "off the cuff" planning in G1 was the result of dimensions being slightly off from their intended design, or perhaps a realization that construction was not progressing fast enough. In both those cases, the plan was altered as little as possible to accomodate. In the former case, slight changes in angles of passages would put the structure back on track. In the latter, a reallocation of resources (not a redesign of the pyramid) would correct the mistake.
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.
