ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8295-1835
(2022):
How empty was the northwestern Delta before the Ptolemies came?
In: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Insituts, Abteilung Kairo, Vol. 76/77: pp. 283-302
Abstract
Archaeological survey work around Buto (Tell el-Fara’in) provided very little evidence for pre-Ptolemaic settlements. While this stands in contrast to the settlement history of Buto itself, it fits into an established historical narrative of Ptolemaic land reclamation and settlement foundations. The singular case of a regional pre-Ptolemaic settlement, Kom Asfar, which seems to date to the Third Intermediate Period, is discussed in detail. Taking textual sources, in particular the Satrap Stela, as a starting point, different aspects of the landscape are discussed in combination with geophysical and archaeological evidence: the physical landscape, the political landscape, the strategic landscape, and the settled landscape. In conclusion, methodological reasons for the lack of pre-Ptolemaic archaeological evidence are put forward. Not only was the northwestern Delta developed and settled in pre-Ptolemaic times, but the northern Delta regions are considered as possible models and training grounds for the land reclamation of the Fayum implemented under the Ptolemies.
Item Type: | Journal article |
---|---|
Keywords: | Delta; settlement archaeology; Third Intermediate Period; Kom Asfar; Satrap Stela |
Faculties: | History and Art History > Department of History > Ancient History |
Subjects: | 900 History and geography > 910 Geography and travel 900 History and geography > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499) 900 History and geography > 960 History of Africa |
ISSN: | 0342-1279 |
Annotation: | ISBN des Einzelbandes: 978-3-447-11794-4 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 93594 |
Date Deposited: | 15. Nov 2022, 15:10 |
Last Modified: | 22. Mar 2023, 10:20 |