by aera | Feb 26, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
by Claire Malleson (Director of Archaeological Science, Lab Manager and archeo-botanist) Once again, we are back working in the AERA lab workroom on the Giza plateau. Every year a team of specialists gathers to study, record, draw, photograph and analyze all the...
by aera | Feb 10, 2014 | 2014 Field Season, Blog
By Richard Redding I am looking forward to arriving in Egypt on April 10th. Our research design this season has unified our excavation and material culture studies strategies. I will be looking at the animal bone from the Silo Building Complex (SBC) testing the idea...
by aera | Jul 7, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Mary Anne Murray Well, that was a long and interesting Giza Lab season! The Giza Field Lab was open from January 8th and closed its doors on May 31st. There were scheduled to be 36 specialists working in the Lab on the material culture and environmental...
by aera | May 18, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Steve LaPidus I have spent the last six weeks as a volunteer on the AERA Giza Plateau Project with some of the most interesting and knowledgeable people I have ever met. I went on a site tour set up for the team early on in the schedule. We had a chance 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...
