Description |
1 online resource (xii, 340 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
Series |
Archaeopress archaeology |
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Archaeopress archaeology.
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Contents |
Preface ; Introduction ; The Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit Archaeological Project II ; First Phase: 2012-2016 ; Part 1: Coin Finds 2012-2016 (Michele Asolati and Cristina Crisafulli) ; Introduction ; Conditions of the Coins and the Metallographic Analyses ; Coin Finds at Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit ; The Late Imperial Coins from Kom al-Ahmer, Unit 4: The Finds and their Distribution ; The Late Imperial Coins from Kom al-Ahmer: The Distribution of Types and Mints ; The Latest Evidence ; Catalogue ; Bibliography ; Part 2: Late Roman and Early Islamic Pottery from Kom al-Ahmer (Cristina Mondin) ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Methodology ; 3. Pottery Quantification (C. Mondin, M.L. Patanè) ; 4. Contexts ; 4.1 Unit 4 ; 4.2 Unit 1 -- The Cistern and Late Roman Structures ; 4.3 Unit 2 -- The Early Islamic presence ; 4.4 Summary Chronology of the Contexts ; 5. Pottery Corpus ; 5.1 Imported Fine Ware ; 5.2 Egyptian Fine Ware ; 5.3 Imported Utilitarian Ware ; 5.4 Egyptian Utilitarian Ware ; 5.5 Imported Amphorae ; 5.6 Egyptian Amphorae (M. Kenawi, C. Mondin) ; 5.7 Miscellaneous ; 6. Conclusions ; Plates ; Bibliography ; Appendix 1: Fine Ware Quantification ; Appendix 2 |
Summary |
This volume presents over 1070 coins (ca. 310 BC-AD 641) and 1320 examples of Late Roman and Early Islamic pottery. Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit emerge as centers of an exchange network involving large-scale trade of raw materials to and from the central and eastern Mediterranean |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 5, 2020) |
Subject |
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Nile River Delta
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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SUBJECT |
Hierakonpolis (Extinct city) -- Antiquities
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Nile River Delta (Egypt) -- Antiquities
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Subject |
Egypt -- Hierakonpolis (Extinct city)
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Egypt -- Nile River Delta
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Crisafulli, Cristina, author
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Mondin, Cristina, author
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ISBN |
1789693977 |
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9781789693973 |
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