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Excavations, surface sampling topographic mapping, and other archaeological and Egyptological researches were conducted at the site, of el-Hibeh between February 11 and March 16, 1980. Results indicate that el-Hibeh, a large (approximately 13 hectares), walled "town" on the Nile's east bank across from el-Fashn, was first occupied in the late 2nd millennium B.C. and remained an important site through much of the 1st millennium B.C. and into the first several centuries A.D. Excavations were conducted in stratified deposits in two areas of 1st millennium B.C. occupations, producing samples of ceramics, floral and faunal remains, architecture, and other artifacts. Aspects of the settlement's occupational history are reconstructed, and suggestions for future research are made.
Illustrated with 12 black and white plates.
Robert J. Wenke is professor of archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington.
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Preface
I. Introduction
a) Theoretical Context
b) Ecological Context
c) Historical Context
II. Archaeological Investigations
a) The Topographic Map
b) Site Surface Sampling
c) The Excavations
III. Relative Seriation of Ceramics
IV. The Faunal Remains Richard Redding
a) The Material
b) Relative Importance of the Taxa and Associations
c) Conclusions
V. The Plant Remains Wilma Wetterstrom
a) Methods
b) Results
c) Discussion and Conclusions
VI. The Textiles Diana Ryesky
a) Procedures
b) The Samples
c) Data Analysis
d) Comparisons Between the Two Test Squares Excavated at El-Hibeh
e) Summary and Conclusions
VII. Summary and Conclusions
Appendix I: The Ceramics
Appendix II: Numistmatic Evidence
Appendix III: Epigraphic Materials
Appendix IV: Small Finds
Appendix V: The Regional Survey
Appendix VI: Report on the Petrology of the Temple at El-Hibeh Hassaan El-Hassanny and Tarek Naffie
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