Quarries, Ports and Praesidia: Supply and Exchange in the Eastern Desert

Autor: Tomber, Roberta
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Popis: Introduction This paper provides an overview of the ceramic evidence from four key sites in the Eastern Desert: the quarries of Mons Claudianus and of Porphyrites, and the ports of Myos Hormos (Qusayr al-Qadim) and Berenike. Other sites are referred to peripherally and provide valuable comparanda. Assemblage comparison will question how site function influences pottery supply and, from this, examine how pottery from the Eastern Desert can be used to separate and better understand internal and...
Databáze: OpenAIRE