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Abstract
Thin-section petrography was used to examine 36 samples of imported Early Bronze Age Combed vessels from Giza, Egypt. The samples come from fragmentary pots found in early Old Kingdom tombs of high officials, and the workers’ settlement at Heit el-Ghurab. Most date to the 4th Dynasty; coeval with the ARCANE Early Central Levant (ECL) 4 and Early Southern Levant (ESL) 5b periods. Results reveal a primary fabric with slight variations, containing material pointing to production centres close to Cretaceous formations outcropping in Central Lebanon, from Beirut and Tripoli. No fabrics from the southern Levant were identified. The results also demonstrate that by the early Old Kingdom, supply-lines to ceramic production centres in the Central Levant, linked to the acquisition of coniferous timbers, largely supplanted the diffuse networks of the Early Dynastic period.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 197-214 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Levant |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
Early online date | 29 Oct 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright the Author(s) 2019. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- Egypt
- Old Kingdom
- Levant
- Giza
- ceramics
- trade
- petrography
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Stable Isotopes and Animal Movement
Sowada, K., Alard, O. & Sousa, E.
25/09/19 → 25/11/19
Project: Research
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- 1 Presentation
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Conference Paper: "The Curious Contents of Combed Ware Storage Jars from Giza"
Margaret Serpico (Invited speaker), Richard Newman (Invited speaker) & Karin Sowada (Invited speaker)
20 May 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation