Eastern Desert Ware: Traces of the Inhabitants of the Eastern Deserts in Egypt and Sudan During the 4th- 6th Centuries CE (British Archaeological Reports International Series, 1824)

Barnard, Hans

ISBN 10: 1407303104 / ISBN 13: 9781407303109

Published by Oxford : British Archaeological Reports, BAR Publishing, 2008

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246 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm. This study presents the first comprehensive description of a small corpus of ceramic vessels, now defined as Eastern Desert Ware (EDW). The vessels that comprise this corpus are hand-made cups and bowls, shaped without the use of a potter's wheel, with proportionally thin walls and well-finished surfaces. Larger vessels and closed forms do occur very sporadically, although these forms may so far have escaped recognition. Many of the outside and several inside surfaces of the vessels are burnished and decorated with geometrical patterns impressed or incised in the unfired clay. These patterns are often remarkably asymmetric and frequently enhanced by a white inlay or a partial red slA. Eastern Desert Ware has been found in archaeological contexts predominantly dated to the 4th-6th centuries CE, by associated pottery, coins, and radiocarbon analysis, in the Nile Valley between the Fifth Cataract, just north of where the Atbara debouches into the Nile, and the First Cataract near Aswan, as well as in the desert to the east, between Quseir and Port Sudan, an area of roughly 350,000 kmē .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eastern Desert Ware: Traces of the Inhabitants of the Eastern Deserts in Egypt and Sudan During the 4th- 6th Centuries CE (British Archaeological Reports International Series, 1824)
• Publisher: Oxford : British Archaeological Reports, BAR Publishing
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1407303104
• ISBN 13: 9781407303109
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology

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Synopsis

A handmade pottery with incised decoration found in small quantities amongst the wheelmade waresin the Nile Valley between the Fifth and the First Cataract and in the Eastern Desert. Discussses the historical background, the clay, the provenance suggested by the chemical inclusions, use indicated by lipid residues, and the cultural origins of the pots.

About the Author

Hans Barnard