Prehistoric pottery from Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
| 1. Verfasser: |
Warfe, Ashten R.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Philadelphia, PA :
Oxbow,
2018.
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| Umfang/Format: |
x, 94 pages : 36 plates (partly in col.), graphics, map ; 30 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Monograph (Dakhleh Oasis Project)
no. 18 |
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| Parallelausgabe: |
Prehistoric pottery from Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt (Online version) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Preface and acknowledgements 1. Introduction 1.1 Methodology and structure of study1.2 Research history on the pottery collection1.3 Points of clarification Part I2. Technology, terminology and description 2.1 Methods of analysis2.2 Fabric description2.2.1 Groundmass2.2.2 Inclusions2.2.3 Technological properties2.3 Surface treatment description 2.3.1 Plain2.3.2 Coated2.3.3 Compacted2.3.4 Textured2.3.5 Decorated2.4 Shape description2.4.1 Vessel shape2.4.2 Vessel contour2.4.3 Proportion2.4.4 Miscellaneous objects 3. Classification 3.1 Fabric classification3.1.1 Fabric Family 1: sand-and-shale3.1.2 Fabric Family 2: shale-rich3.1.3 Fabric Family 3: sand3.1.4 Fabric Family 4: vegetal3.1.5 Fabric Family 5: fine sand and limestone3.1.6 Fabric Family 6: gypsum3.1.7 Fabric Family 7: clay aggregates3.1.8 Fabric Family 8: marls3.1.9 Fabric Family 9: silts3.2 Ware classification3.2.1 Plain (Hp) wares3.2.2 Compacted (Hm) wares3.2.3 Coated (Hc) wares3.2.4 Textured (Hx) wares3.2.5 Decorated (Hd) wares3.2.6 Compacted-and-coated (Hmc) wares3.2.7 Compacted-and-textured (Hmx) wares3.2.8 Compacted-and-decorated (Hmd) wares3.2.9 Textured-and-decorated (Hxd) wares 4. Quantitative analysis 4.1 Methods of analysis4.2 Analysis using multidimensional scaling and similarity percentage4.3 Accounting for pottery from Masara sites4.4 Characterising the Bashendi pottery tradition4.4.1 Bashendi A4.4.2 Bashendi B4.5 Accounting for pottery from sites 401, 407, 409, 420, 422 and 4234.6 Characterising the Sheikh Muftah pottery tradition4.6.1 Early Sheikh Muftah4.6.2 Late Sheikh Muftah4.7 Handmade pottery from sites that are not registered on the Holocene prehistory index4.8 Handmade pottery from findspots 5. Long-term change in the ceramic record5.1 Summary of fabrics5.2 Summary of surface treatments5.3 Summary of vessel forms: shape and size5.4 Comments on ware and shape cross-tabulation Part II6. Provenance6.1 Distinguishing locally made and importe
