Theban Tombs # 29 (Egypt)
Project details: Theban Tomb # 29, Upper Egypt; MANT (Mission Archéologique dans la Nécropole Thébaine) New Kingdom, Late Period funerary material, Early Islamic settlement (hermit's house)
Project directors: late Prof. Roland Tefnin (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Laurent Bavay (Université Libre de Bruxelles) 2000, 2001, 2006 with Claire Newton.
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Identification of plant funerary material (coffins, mats, etc.) 2006
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Preliminary palaeoethnobotanical study of the hermit's dwelling.
Fragment of a chair, found in the reused 18th Dynasty tomb. MANT photograph.
Section in a layer of organic refuse in the courtyard in front of the chapel's entrance. Early Islamic period. The amount of desiccated material, dominated by straw, is clearly visible. Feb. 2006.
Bibliography (archaeobotanical)
Newton, C., 2002. Environnement et économie végétale en Haute-Égypte à Adaïma au Pédynastique; Approches archéobotaniques comparatives de la Deuxième dynastie à l'Époque romaine, Chapters 4-5. Unpublished PhD thesis, Université Montpellier II.