Laura Rembart, Lisa Betina
On the Tracks of Aswan Pink Clay. New Studies on the Local Clay Deposits in the Region of Aswan/Upper Egypt
Číslo: 1/2021
Periodikum: Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica
DOI: 10.24916/iansa.2021.1.3
Klíčová slova: Egypt pottery production kaolinitic clay geological fieldwork
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Anotace:
Using Ptolemaic to late antiquity pottery assemblages from Aswan (ancient Syene) as a case study, we
demonstrate the imperative nature of petrographic analyses combined with geological field surveys
when investigating ancient potting centres. The combination of archaeological (i.e. abundance of
ceramics, vessel shapes etc.), macroscopic and natural-scientific methods allows the reconstruction
of the possible extraction areas of clays utilised in Aswan, Upper Egypt. Knowledge of specific clays
and their compositional characteristics helps to establish archaeometric reference groups, necessary
for differentiating kaolinitic clay sediments of the Aswan area from similar geological environments
further down the Nile valley
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demonstrate the imperative nature of petrographic analyses combined with geological field surveys
when investigating ancient potting centres. The combination of archaeological (i.e. abundance of
ceramics, vessel shapes etc.), macroscopic and natural-scientific methods allows the reconstruction
of the possible extraction areas of clays utilised in Aswan, Upper Egypt. Knowledge of specific clays
and their compositional characteristics helps to establish archaeometric reference groups, necessary
for differentiating kaolinitic clay sediments of the Aswan area from similar geological environments
further down the Nile valley