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    Pits, pots and silos: Storage facilities at the Predynastic and early pharaonic settlement of Elkab

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    Authors
    Claes, Wouter
    Hendrickx, Stan
    Hart, Elizabeth
    Discipline
    History and Archaeology
    Subject
    Egyptian archaeology
    Egyptian settlements
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2023
    Publisher
    Sidestone press
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    Since 2009, the Royal Museums of Art and History (Brussels) have focused their research almost exclusively on the settlement area of the Upper Egyptian site of Elkab. During these excavations, intriguing new data regarding the origin, development, and organisation of this provincial town have come to light. This paper offers an overview of the different types of domestic storage installations that have been identified so far at the site and how their use developed over time. A large public grain storage facility also testifies to the presence of an organised economy under control of the local administration or central government. These structures provide an interesting glimpse on the domestic organisation of the Elkab settlement and its socioeconomic position within the settlement system of the early pharaonic state.
    Citation
    Claes, Wouter; Hendrickx, Stan; Hart, Elizabeth (2023). Pits, pots and silos: Storage facilities at the Predynastic and early pharaonic settlement of Elkab. (Adeline Bats & Nadia Licitra, Ed.), Storage in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Earthen architecture and building techniques, 55-67, Sidestone press, DOI: 10.59641/o29221ra.
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    isbn: 9789464262230
    isbn: 9789464262247
    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/11266
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.59641/o29221ra
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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