Author: Anthony J. MillsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dakhla Oasis (Egypt).
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Activities of the Dakhleh Oasis Project During 2003-2004
Author: Anthony J. MillsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dakhla Oasis (Egypt).
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Proceedings of the Ninth International Dakhleh Oasis Project Conference
Author: Colin A. HopePublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789253799
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
This new volume in the Oasis Papers series marks the 40th anniversary of archaeological fieldwork in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypts 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in different aspects of Dakhleh and presents an almost complete survey of the archaeology of Dakhleh including much unpublished, original material.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 field activities of the Dakhleh Oasis Project during the 2002 2003 fiedl season
Author: A. J. MillsA report on the field activities of the Dakhleh Oasis Project during the 20032004 field season
Author: A. J. MillsProceedings 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in different aspects of Dakhleh and presents an almost complete survey of the archaeology of Dakhleh including much unpublished, original material.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.
Dakhleh Oasis and the Western Desert of Egypt under the Ptolemies
Author: James C. R. GillPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1785701363
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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 Sheikh's House at Quseir al-Qadim
Author: Katherine Strange BurkePublisher: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
ISBN: 1614910588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
This study of a thirteenth-century dwelling on Egypt's Red Sea Coast draws on multiple lines of evidence--including texts excavated at the site--to reconstruct a history of the structure and the people who dwelt within. The inhabitants participated in Nile Valley-Red Sea-Indian Ocean trade, transported Ḥāǧǧ pilgrims, sent grain to Mecca and Medina, and wrote sermons and amulets for the local faithful. These activities are detailed in the documents and fleshed out in the botanical, faunal, artifact, and stratigraphic evidence from the University of Chicago's excavations (1978-82). This compound eventually consisted of two houses and a row of storerooms and became the center of mercantile activity at Quseir al-Qadim. Over time, as the number of named individuals who received shipping notes addressed to the "warehouse of Abū Mufarij" increased, living rooms and storerooms were added to accommodate this expansion of commerce. While most merchants were dealing in textiles, dates, and grains, additional commodities traded included perfumes, gemstone-decorated textiles, resist-dyed textiles, and porcelains. Specialist studies by Steven Goodman on the avian faunal remains and Wilma Wetterstrom on the macrobotanical finds reveal that the compound's occupants enjoyed a diet of chicken and Nile Valley produce such as grapes and watermelon, and they were supplemented by high-priced imports: nuts and fruits from around the Mediterranean, along with medicinal plants from as far away as India, indicate the wealth and status of this family of merchants. The evidence from this small portion of Quseir al-Qadim yields a rich local story that is a microcosm of Nile Valley-Red Sea-Indian Ocean trade under the last Ayyubid sultans of Egypt.
The Production, Use and Importance of Flint Tools in the Archaic Period and the Old Kingdom in Egypt
Author: Michał KobusiewiczPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784912506
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This volume represents a selection of contributions on Mediterranean themes from a wider international interdisciplinary conference on Magical Texts in Ancient Civilizations, organised by the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilizations at Jagiellonian University in Krakow in Poland between 27-28 June 2013.
Desert animals in the eastern Sahara : status, economic significance, and cultural reflection in antiquity
Author: Heiko RiemerPublisher: Heinrich-Barth-Institut
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt
Author: Nadine MoellerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107079756
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
This book presents the latest archaeological evidence that makes a case for Egypt as an early urban society. It traces the emergence of urban features during the Predynastic Period up to the disintegration of the powerful Middle Kingdom state (ca. 3500-1650 BC).