Alexandria’s Hinterland
Archaeology of the Western Nile Delta, Egypt
By (author) Mohamed Kenawi
Paperback (Published)
(November 2014)
ISBN: 9781784910143
8.27 x 11.69 inches
Price: $96.00
In stock
This volume contains detailed information about 63 sites and shows, amongst other things, that the viticulture of the western delta was significant in Ptolemaic and Roman periods, as well as a network of interlocking sites, which connected with the rest of Egypt, Alexandria, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean.
This volume contains detailed information about 63 sites and shows, amongst other things, that the viticulture of the western delta was significant in Ptolemaic and Roman periods, as well as a network of interlocking sites, which connected with the rest of Egypt, Alexandria, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean. Far from being a border area – as perhaps it had been in the Pharaonic period – the west Delta network exerted an important economic production influence over a very wide area. In addition, with access to medieval and later Arabic sources, Kenawi’s discussion of the sites has an added dimension not found in the work of western scholars. Mohamed Kenawi’s meticulous and determined work has resulted in an improved set of data for the Delta and shown how its potential can be tapped.
1. Introduction and methodology ;
1.1. Introduction: organization of the research1.2. Survey method1.3. Terminology1.4. Research questions1.5. History of research1.6. Documentation of the past1.7. Rescue survey: emergency research and rapid documentation1.8. History and geography of the Delta1.9. Brief introduction to the past of the Western Delta1.10. Land reclamation projects in the Western Delta of Egypt: the economic history of cultivated land 2. The Late Roman period and the Arab sources ;
2.1. Battles in the Western Delta of Egypt2.2. Administrative changes from the Late Roman period until today2.3. Arab sources: agriculture, routes, and notes on the Western Delta2.4. Transport in the Western Delta2.5. The Egyptian village 3. Survey 2008-2011: Introduction and Site Gazetteer ;
3.1 Wine production centres3.2 (Ancient Psenamosis) 3.3 (Nakhla - Kedwet Hasan - Aziza - Difshuo - Sabba)3.4 (Ancient Metelis) (Kom al-Ghoraf - Kom Wasit - Kom al-Ahmer)3.5 Prehistoric sites3.6 Other sites3.7 Minor sites 4. Surface finds, analysis, plates and tables ;
Pottery selection and fabricsPottery collection and analysisDiscussionPottery CataloguePLATES Discussion and conclusions ;
Maps ;
Bibliography
- By (author) Mohamed Kenawi
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