PHARAONIC QUARRYING AND MINING - SETTLEMENT AND PROCUREMENT IN EGYPT MARGINAL REGIONS

Authors
SHAW I
Citation
I. Shaw, PHARAONIC QUARRYING AND MINING - SETTLEMENT AND PROCUREMENT IN EGYPT MARGINAL REGIONS, Antiquity, 68(258), 1994, pp. 108-119
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
Journal title
Antiquity → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003598X
Volume
68
Issue
258
Year of publication
1994
Pages
108 - 119
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-598X(1994)68:258<108:PQAM-S>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Across the rocky landscapes of Egypt lies evidence for pharaonic quarr ying and mining, fresh fieldwork at neglected sites, such as the Hatnu b travertine quarries and the Wadi el-Hudi amethyst mines, now tells u s more. The surviving remains of quarrying and mining settlements sugg est subtle adaptations in versatile response to changing economic and geographical parameters.