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Record Nr.

UNINA9910160298103321

Titolo

Kom El-Hisn (ca. 2500-1900 BC) : an ancient settlement in the Nile Delta of Egypt / / edited by Robert J Wenke, Richard W. Redding, Anthony Cagle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, Georgia : , : Lockwood Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-937040-54-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (501 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

962

Soggetti

Nile River Delta (Egypt) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Methods and Objectives of the Kom el-Hisn Archaeological Project / Robert J. Wenke -- Site Geomorphology and Regional Fluvial Reconstruction and History / Paul E. Buck -- Stratigraphic Analysis / Anthony J. Cagle -- Inscribed Seals and Sealings / Karla Kroeper -- The Vertebrate Fauna from the Excavations at Kom el-Hisn, Giza, and Other Sites / Richard W. Redding -- Kom el-Hisn's Plant Remains / Wilma Wetterstrom and Robert J. Wenke -- Introduction to the Analysis of the Kom el-Hisn Ceramics / Robert J. Wenke -- A Selection of Ceramic Types Found at Kom el-Hisn / Karla Kroeper -- Notes on the Kom el-Hisn Ceramics / Anna Wodzinska -- Analyses of Dimensional Variations in Meidum Bowls from Kom el-Hisn and Other Sites / Sarah L. Sterling -- Chipped and Ground Stone Assemblages from Kom el-Hisn / Michal Kobusiewicz -- Human Burials at Kom el-Hisn: Chronology and Context / Anthony J. Cagle -- Summary and Conclusions / Robert J. Wenke. ; Appendix 1. Floral remains from the 1988 season / identifications by C. D'Andrea -- ; Appendix 2. Measurements taken on individual sherds discussed in chapter 11, identified by location and dynastic attribution; site and dynasty -- ; Appendix 3. Drawings of representative ceramics arranged by vessel form.