TELL EL-RETABA, SEASON 2012
TELL EL-RETABA, SEASON 2012
Author(s): Sławomir Rzepka, Jozef Hudec, Łukasz Jarmużek, Lucia Hulková, Veronika Dubcová, Claire MallesonSubject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Tell el-Retaba; Hyksos; New Kingdom; Third Intermediate Period; fortress
Summary/Abstract: The sixth season of fieldwork of the Tell el-Retaba Archaeological Mission has brought a number of significant results. For the first time remains of a Hyksos settlement (beside the previously known cemetery) were uncovered. Exploration of a large, regularly planned building, divided into a number of standardized flats, brought new evidence for the reconstruction of the function and organization of a strongly fortified town, which existed on the site during the Twentieth Dynasty. Remains of a Third Intermediate Period settlement showed that after the New Kingdom there was a clear change in the settlement pattern in Tell el-Retaba.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 1/2015
- Issue No: XXIV
- Page Range: 139-163
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English