TELL EL-RETABA 2012: THE POTTERY
TELL EL-RETABA 2012: THE POTTERY
Author(s): Anna WodzińskaSubject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Tell el-Retaba; late Thirteenth Dynasty; Hyksos; early Eighteenth Dynasty; late Twentieth Dynasty; Third Intermediate Period; Late Period; house; grave; Tell el-Yahudiya juglet; Black Lustrous Ware
Summary/Abstract: Archaeological remains excavated by the Polish–Slovak Archaeological Mission in Tell el-Retaba can be well dated to the New Kingdom till the Late Period. During the 2012 season domestic layers from the Hyksos period were found, indicating that the site was occupied for the first time around the end of the Thirteenth and beginning of the Fifteenth Dynasties. Next to the houses three Hyksos graves were found. Archaeological work also revealed houses from the early Eighteenth Dynasty located just above the Hyksos structures in Area 7. Very interesting material came from the late Twentieth Dynasty and Third Intermediate Period houses excavated in Area 9. Rich pottery assemblages mostly of domestic character have been recovered from all of the structures.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 1/2015
- Issue No: XXIV
- Page Range: 164-172
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English