Tell el-Amarna, 2022

Anna Stevens; Gretchen R. Dabbs; Fabien Balestra; Gemma Tully; Sofie Schiødt; Pamela Rose; Alan J. Clapham; Paul Docherty; Anna Garnett; Miriam Bertram

doi:10.1177/03075133231213886

Tell el-Amarna, 2022

Anna Stevens, Gretchen R. Dabbs, Fabien Balestra, Gemma Tully, Sofie Schiødt, Pamela Rose, Alan J. Clapham, Paul Docherty, Anna Garnett, Miriam Bertram

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Fieldwork at Amarna in 2022 included excavation at the Great Aten Temple and the North Desert Cemetery, and the continuation of several post-excavation projects. Those post-excavation projects reported on here are the study of skeletal materials, pottery, plant and organic remains, and inscriptions from the North Desert Cemetery; pottery, plant and other organic remains from the North Cliffs Cemetery; and digital modelling of the North Desert Cemetery. A programme of community outreach in collaboration with the Amarna Visitor Centre also recommenced. (Figure presented.)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	89-116
Number of pages	28
Journal	Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
Volume	109
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/03075133231213886
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2023

Keywords

Akhenaten
Amarna
archaeobotany
bioarchaeology
ceramics
community outreach
digital archaeology
funerary archaeology
Great Aten Temple
non-elite cemeteries
North Cliffs Cemetery
North Desert Cemetery
photogrammetry

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