by aera | Feb 23, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Yasser Mahmoud We were excited to begin drawing Standing Wall Island’s “jumble of limestone and mud brick walls” (SWI) (see Simon Davis’ “Standing Wall Island” blog post). In the beginning we couldn’t believe ourselves to...
by aera | Feb 21, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Richard Redding I am an archaeozoologist, which means I identify and analyze all the fragments of animal bone that come form archaeological sites. I use the information I gather from the fragmented animal bones to examine the diet of the inhabitants and to...
by aera | Feb 17, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Dan Jones We re-started our excavation on the enigmatic structure that is situated at the eastern limit of the L-shaped Khentkawes mortuary complex. The 2008 and 2009 seasons revealed a wealth of information on this structure, aptly named the Lower Buried...
by aera | Feb 16, 2011 | Archive
Please join us on Wednesday February 23 when AERA’s co-field director, Ana Tavares, will present a lecture on An Old Kingdom Village House – Excavation, Conservation and Reconstruction at Heit El-Ghurab, Giza at 6:00 pm at the American Research Center in...
by aera | Feb 16, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Mary Anne Murray A bucket of water and a bag of dirt…an inauspicious start to a journey of discovery. This journey is an ancient botanical one and the beauty of the thing is that plants float – the key to their recovery. Indeed, the process is known as...
