The mission of 2011 was intended to complete the tasks of recognition and documentation of the territory undertaken in the previous two campaigns (2009, 2010), as well as complete the documentation of the site of Qasr el-Farafra and in particular of its main archaeological areas: the necropolis of Ayn el-Balad and the Roman fortress. The political events that affected Egypt in 2011 and the denial of permits of the Military Police far security reasons have prevented us from carrying out the planned activities, which were postponed to year 2012. The mission of November-December 2011 has therefore focused on the study of the pottery found during the exploration activities of years 2009 and 2010, stored in the warehouses of the Inspectorate of Dakhla, allowing us to realize an extensive graphic documentation of such material, and thus to identify comparison specimens from other contexts of the Western Desert and Nile Valley. The materials stored in Dakhla relate to different phases of the ancient settlements arranged around the oasis of Farafra (Qasr el-Farafra, Ayn Bishoi, Ayn Ibsay, Ayn Gillaw, Ayn el-Harra, Ayn Shernendu, Ayn el-Hagar, Ayn Kifrin, Bir 3, Bir 4 and Bir 6). The first data have provided valuable information on some aspects of the material culture of people who inhabited various rural settlements around Qasr el-Farafra during the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity. The examination and classification of 400 ceramic artifacts was achieved by the use of appropriate forms and consolidated typological repertoires. Particular attention was paid to the macroscopic analysis of clays, which has also allowed the isolation of groups associated to local clays.

L'Oasi di Farafra. Risultati preliminari della terza missione (2011) dell'Università degli Studi della Tuscia

S. Medaglia
2013-01-01

Abstract

The mission of 2011 was intended to complete the tasks of recognition and documentation of the territory undertaken in the previous two campaigns (2009, 2010), as well as complete the documentation of the site of Qasr el-Farafra and in particular of its main archaeological areas: the necropolis of Ayn el-Balad and the Roman fortress. The political events that affected Egypt in 2011 and the denial of permits of the Military Police far security reasons have prevented us from carrying out the planned activities, which were postponed to year 2012. The mission of November-December 2011 has therefore focused on the study of the pottery found during the exploration activities of years 2009 and 2010, stored in the warehouses of the Inspectorate of Dakhla, allowing us to realize an extensive graphic documentation of such material, and thus to identify comparison specimens from other contexts of the Western Desert and Nile Valley. The materials stored in Dakhla relate to different phases of the ancient settlements arranged around the oasis of Farafra (Qasr el-Farafra, Ayn Bishoi, Ayn Ibsay, Ayn Gillaw, Ayn el-Harra, Ayn Shernendu, Ayn el-Hagar, Ayn Kifrin, Bir 3, Bir 4 and Bir 6). The first data have provided valuable information on some aspects of the material culture of people who inhabited various rural settlements around Qasr el-Farafra during the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity. The examination and classification of 400 ceramic artifacts was achieved by the use of appropriate forms and consolidated typological repertoires. Particular attention was paid to the macroscopic analysis of clays, which has also allowed the isolation of groups associated to local clays.
2013
Egypt, rural settlements, pottery, ceramics, Sahara, Farafra, desert, oasis, qanat water systems, Roman Empire, Late Antiquity
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