:: REPORTS |
2000:Bones Report |
2000:Pottery Report |
2000:Preliminary Report |
2001:Bones Report |
2001:Pottery Report |
2001:SCA Report |
2002:Michelle's Fanual |
2002:SCA Report |
2004:Preliminary Report |
Project Summary |
:: PROJECT GOALS |
:: To provide a comprehensive picture of the paleo-environment and geomorphology of the eastern delta, north Sinai and the Isthmus of Suez. |
:: To learn about of the archaeological history of this region, particularly during the New Kingdom period, and to investigate Tell el-Borg’s role in the region and relationship to other NK sites. |
:: To reconstruct Egypt’s Frontier defense system during the New Kingdom, including ongoing investigation of the East Frontier Canal. |
:: To clarify the route of the military highway that connect Egypt to ancient Canaan. |
:: To make available to scholars and interested parties the results of our work in a timely manner through publications, lectures, and via the internet. |
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:: Overview of Pottery - 2000 ::
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The presence of Late Cypriot imports: Base Ring I and II, White Slip II, White Shaved Ware
as well as Mycenaean III A/B together at Tell el-Borg points to a date of late 18th and 19th Dynasties.
Similar clusters of these same types of vessels are common on Palestinian excavations during the same
period (LB III A and B). There was, however, a difference in the makeup of the ceramic clusters between the
Nile Valley and Palestine. Base Ring I and II juglets dominate the Egyptian repertoire with more than double
the examples from Palestine. In contrast White Slip II was far more popular in Palestine than in Egypt. In
both of the above cases, the proportions of Base Ring Juglets and White Slip II in the North Sinai mirrored
that of Palestine. The fact that imported wares found at this Egyptian Sinai site should be more closely
comparable to Palestinian excavated materials of the same period than to Nilotic sites is interesting. This
raises questions about trade and settlement patterns which invite more investigation.
The Egyptian vessel forms presented here are common New Kingdom types with the Blue Painted ware
having long been the characteristic marker of the Amarna Period. With the exception of the two incised marl ware
trays (Pl. IX:4 and IX:5) and a few black-rimmed silt bowls (Pl.VIII:10 and VIII:11) which date to the early to
mid 18th Dynasty the remaining assemblage fits into the ceramic repertoire of the Late 18th and 19th Dynasties.
The variety and richness of imported materials discovered even in a preliminary survey such as the one discussed
here suggests that Tell el-Borg may provide a wealth of information from the upcoming study of the pottery from
the undisturbed loci.
Rexine Hummel
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