The Oasis papers 9 : a tribute to Anthony J. Mills after forty years of research in Dakhleh Oasis / edited by Gillian E. Bowen, Colin A. Hope ; with the assistance Bruce E. Parr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hope, Colin A., editor.

Bowen, Gillian E., editor.

Parr, Bruce E., contributor.

Series:

Dakhleh oasis papers ; 9.

Dakhleh Oasis Papers ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities.

Excavations--Egypt--Dakhla Oasis--Congresses.

Excavations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 pages).

Other Title:

Oasis papers nine

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Oxbow Books, [2019]

Summary:

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in different aspects of Dakhleh and presents an almost complete survey of the archaeology of Dakhleh including much unpublished, original material.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.

Contents:

General. The North Kharga Oasis Darb 'Ain Amur Survey : Past Research and Future Questions / Salima Ikram

Ladies, Sandals and Giraffes : Four Decades of Rock Art Research by the Dakhleh Oasis Project / Pawel L. Polkowski

The Dakhleh Oasis : A Micro-Cosmos Reflecting Environmental and Social Changes / Ursula Thanheiser. Prehistory. Pleistocene Goearchaeological Surveys, Kharga Oasis Prehistory Project (KOPP), 2001-2011 plus others, Western Desert of Egypt / Maxine R. Kleindienst

The Holocene Prehistory of Dakhleh and Kharga Oases : the Masara and Bashendi Cultural Units / Mary M. A. McDonald

The Sheikh Muftah Cultural Unit : An Overview of Oasis/Desert Habitation during the 4th and 3rd Millennia with Comments on Future Research Directions / Ashten R. Warfe and Sarah M. Ricketts. Historical Periods. Bones of the Ancestors : 40 Years of Bioarchaeology in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt / Tosha L. Dupras, Peter G. Sheldrick, Lana J. Williams and Sandra M. Wheeler

Trauma in Dakhleh Oasis / Peter G. Sheldrick

Desert Deviations : Massaging Standard Writing Conventions in North Kharga's Ancient Graffiti / Nikolaos Lazaridis

Seth in Hieratic and Demotic Sources from Dakhleh Oasis / Günter Vittmann. Dynastic. Seth on Rocks : Rock Art Imagery in Dakhleh Oasis of the Pharaonic Period / Pawel L. Polkowski

Mapping Evidence for Early Dynastic Activity in the Dakhleh Region / Caleb R. Hamilton

Happy Cattle Herders? The Case of the Sheikh Muftah Community at Balat, Dakhleh Oasis / Clara Jeuthe and Veerle Linseele

Forty Years Later : An Overview of the Excavations at Balat-'Ain Aseel / Laure Pantalacci

An Overview of Old Kingdom Egyptian Interest and Activity in the Western Desert / Amy J. Pettman

The Late Middle Kindgom and Second Intermediate Period in the "Southern Oasis" and the Theban Western Desert / John C. Darnell and Colleen Manassa Darnell

Egypt's Western Oases during the New Kingdom / Richard J. Long

Egypt's Western Oases during the Third Intermediate Period : An Overview / Richard J. Long

Dakhleh Oasis in the late Period / Caroline Hubschmann

The Cemetery at 'Ain Tirghi / Colin A. Hope

Note sur l'usage du mandrin pour le façonnage des céramiques Oasis de Dakhleh et de Kharga, Bass Époque, VIe-IVe s av. J.-C. / Sylvie Marchand. Ptolemaic and Late Roman. Ptolemaic Dakhleh : An Overview of the Current State of Research / James C. R. Gill

A Note on the Roman Period Sites in Dakhleh Oasis / Colin A. Hope

The Bir al-Shaghala Necropolis : An Architectural Overview / Magdi Ibrahim and Sobhi Ashour

Tomb 6 at Bir al-Shaghala, Mut / Maher Bashendi Amin

Rock-cut Tombs in Eastern Dakhleh / Sabri Youssef Abd al-Rahman

Dining with the Gods in the Painted Residence at Kellis? / Helen Whitehouse

'Ain al-Sabil in Dakhleh Oasis / Kamel A. Bayoumy and Mahmoud M. Masoud

Christianity in Dakhleh Oasis : An Archaeological Overview / Gillian E. Bowen

Changes in Funerary Structures at Kharga from "Traditional" to "Christian" Tombs / Françoise Dunand

The Coptic and Syriac, Christian and Manichaean Texts recovered from Ismant al-Kharab : An Update on New Discoveries and Significant Research since First Publication / Iain Gardner

Contribution of the Textiles to the Study of the Site of Al-Deir, Kharga Oasis / Fleur Letellier-Willemin

Household Furnishing Textiles (Soft Furnishings) from Kellis / Rosanne Livingstone

The Church of Dayr al-Malak in Dakhleh Oasis / Gillian E. Bowen and Colin A. Hope. Islamic. Islamic Sites in Dakhleh Oasis / Colin A. Hope

The Qasr Dakhleh Project : An Overview / Fred Leemhuis

Observations on Some Ceramics and a Stone Vessel from the 2013 Field Season at al-Qasr / Paul Kucera

The Remarkable Case of Halima 'Uthman : A Glance into her Daily Life / Anetta Lyzwa-Piber

Torpedoes from al-Qasaba : Ottoman Storage Jars along the Darb al-Tawil Caravan Route in Dakhleh Oasis (Egypt) / Heiko Riemer.

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ISBN:

9781789253795

1789253799

9781789253771

1789253772