Hornos domésticos e industriales en Tell el- Ghaba, norte de Sinaí, Egipto
Abstract: Tell el-Ghaba lies on the north coastal plain of the Sinai Peninsula, in what, in Pharaonic times, was the most eastern border of the Nile Delta. The excavations of Level V in adjacent Areas I and VIII (to the south of the site) shed new light regarding the activities carried out by its population after the decay of Buildings B and K and before the final destruction of the site. About 200 m2 were partially uncovered, exposing an area of industrial workshops. These mainly comprise ovens and kilns generally associated with runnels for the drainage of melted material. Faience and metal slag was found in many of these features. Since numerous fish bones and sherds of household Egyptian pottery were also recovered, it seems that some of these fire features also served for domestic tasks. In what seems to have been an open area, two limestone mortars for pounding grain were found in situ. Regarding the chronology of Level V, the Egyptian pottery recovered corresponds to types that may be dated by the end of the Third Intermediate and the early Saite periods. Combustion features were also uncovered in Area II (to the north of the site). In Area II East, the excavation of two trenches exposed ovens and kilns that may have been part of another industrial workshop. In Area II West, three combustion features were active during the erection of Building C, although they ceased to function when the building was already in use.
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| Format: | Artículo biblioteca |
| Language: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente
2017
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| Subjects: | ARQUEOLOGIA, HISTORIA DE EGIPTO, TALLERES, HORNOS, EXCAVACIONES ARQUEOLOGICAS, |
| Online Access: | https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/7253 |
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