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Dakhleh Oasis Project
Author: Monograph (Dakhleh Oasis Project).
Author: The Oasis Papers 2
Author: Marcia F. WisemanPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1785705636
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
This volume of fourteen papers covers the environment, archaeology and conservation of the Dakhleh Oasis, as presented at the Second International Conference of this long-running project (held in Toronto, 1997). Four abstracts from papers not submitted to the published volume are also included, as is the original conference program.
Dakleh Oasis Project
Author: Dakhleh Oasis Project
Author: Colin A. HopePublisher: Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN: 9781900188951
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This volume contains progress reports on the work of these two seasons as well as a number of short reports on excavations at the Roman site of Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab). Contents: Preliminary Reports on the 1992-3 and 1993-4 Seasons (A J Mills) ; Interim Report on the 1992 Season (M McDonald and K Walker) ; Interim Report on the 1993 Season (M McDonald) ; 'Ein Birbiyeh (A J Mills) ; Deir el-Haggar (A J Mills) ; Excavations at Ismant el-Kharab (ancient Kellis): Settlement and Cemeteries: Excavations in the Cemeteries of Ismant el-Kharab (M Birrell) ; Coinage Preliminary Report (G E Bowden) ; Progress on the Coptic texts from Ismant el-Kharab (I Gardner) ; Interim Report on the West Tombs (C A Hope and J McKenzie) ; Epigraphy at Ismant el-Kharab (C Marchini) ; Brief Report on the Study of Ceramics (S F Patten) ; Plant Remains from Ismant el-Kharab (U Thanheiser) ; A Painted Panel of Isis (H Whitehouse) .
Dakhleh Oasis and the Western Desert of Egypt under the Ptolemies
Author: James C. R. GillPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 178570138X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Through an analysis of recently discovered Ptolemaic pottery from Mut al-Kharab, as well as a reexamination of pottery collected by the Dakhleh Oasis Project during the survey of the oasis from 1978–1987, this book challenges the common perception that Dakhleh Oasis experienced a sudden increase in agricultural exploitation and a dramatic rise in population during the Roman Period. It argues that such changes had already begun to take place during the Ptolemaic Period, likely as the result of a deliberate strategy directed toward this region by the Ptolemies. This book focuses on the ceramic remains in order to determine the extent of Ptolemaic settlement in the oases and to offer new insights into the nature of this settlement. It presents a corpus of Ptolemaic pottery and a catalogue of Ptolemaic sites from Dakhleh Oasis. It also presents a survey of Ptolemaic evidence from the oases of Kharga, Farafra, Bahariya and Siwa. It thus represents the first major synthesis of Ptolemaic Period activity in the Egyptian Western Desert.
The Oasis Papers 1
Author: Dakhleh Oasis Project. ConferencePublisher: Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The first Dakhleh Oasis Project seminar held at Durham University in 1994 was the occasion for discussion of topics ranging from the Pleistocene to paleoepidemiology and papyri.
Proceedings of the Ninth International Dakhleh Oasis Project Conference
Author: Colin A. HopePublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789253772
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1133
Book Description
This new volume in the Oasis Papers series marks the 40th anniversary of archaeological fieldwork in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert under the leadership of Anthony J. Mills and presents a synthesis of the current state of our knowledge of the oasis and its interconnections with surrounding regions, especially the Nile Valley. The papers are by distinguished authorities in the field and postgraduate students who specialise in different aspects of Dakhleh and presents an almost complete survey of the archaeology of Dakhleh including much unpublished, original material. It will be one of the few to document a specific part of modern Egypt in such detail and thus should have a broad and lasting appeal. The content of some of the papers is unlikely to be published in any other form elsewhere. Dakhleh is possibly the most intensively examined wider geographic region within Egypt.
The Excavations at Mut al-Kharab II
Author: Richard J. LongPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789257166
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
For over a century our knowledge of Egypts Western Desert during the Third Intermediate Period relied almost entirely on the Greater and Smaller Dakhleh Stelae. These two significant documents were purchased by Henry Lyons in 1894 in Dakhleh Oasis and indicated the existence of a substantial temple at Mut al-Kharab dedicated to the god Seth. Apart from these sources, very little information from the Western Desert could be dated to this period. Excavations at Mut al-Kharab began in 2000 and in recent years, evidence from the Third Intermediate Period temple has grown considerably. A range of artefacts has been unearthed, including decorated temple blocks, stelae, ostraka, in situ architectural remains, other small finds, and a large collection of well-dated ceramics. The scale of evidence suggests Mut al-Kharab was probably the most significant Third Intermediate Period site in the Western Desert. In light of this new material, a re-examination of activity in the Western Desert during this period has been possible. This volume presents all the available evidence relating to the western oases during the Third Intermediate Period, with a particular focus on the ceramics. Occupation appears to have been more widespread than the limited evidence previously suggested, and these oasis communities were closely connected to the populations in the Nile Valley. The Egyptian central administration continued to be interested in the Western Desert, although political control does not seem to have been consistent. Moreover, subtle yet distinct variations in the material record, including aspects of pottery traditions and religious practices, may reveal the existence of an oasis culture. As such, we are developing a much clearer picture of activity in this region.
“The” Oasis Papers 9
Author: Bruce E. ParrPublisher: Dakhleh Oasis Papers
ISBN: 9781789253764
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a synthesis of the current state of our knowledge of Dakhleh Oasis and its interconnections with surrounding regions, especially the Nile Valley.