Rubbish or technology?: a short discussion
This short article presents a case of intentional use of a layer consisting of a large number of pottery sherds along with the more usual clean yellow sand in a shallow foundation trench under a fragmentary New Kingdom mudbrick wall encountered in Tell el-Retaba in the Wadi Tumilat. Various possible...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Akademie
[2017]
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Ägypten und Levante
Ano: 2017, Volume: 27, Páginas: 151-158 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Bricks
B Ancient Egypt B Amphorae B Tell el-Retaba B New Kingdom B Excavations B Kingdom of Egypt B Wadis B Religious rituals B settlement architecture B foundation trenching B Prehistoric pottery B sandbox foundation B Archaeological sites |
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| Resumo: | This short article presents a case of intentional use of a layer consisting of a large number of pottery sherds along with the more usual clean yellow sand in a shallow foundation trench under a fragmentary New Kingdom mudbrick wall encountered in Tell el-Retaba in the Wadi Tumilat. Various possible explanations for the use of these sherds as a part of an architectural feature are explored with the aim of drawing attention to a hitherto under-studied cultural practice in Egyptian New Kingdom settlement architecture. |
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| ISSN: | 1813-5145 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Ägypten und Levante
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1553/AEundL27s151 |