{"title":"Beads and pendants from Inqitat (Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman)","authors":"Silvia Lischi","doi":"10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.1.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.1.16","url":null,"abstract":"Archaeological campaigns conducted during 2016 and 2017 at the site of Inqitat (Al Hamr al-Sharqiya), in the area of Khor Rori (Dhofar), produced an interesting assemblage of jewellery of various materials. The characteristics of the site are exceptional because they show traces of occupation from (prehistoric times)/ Prehistory right up to the Islamic period. Its geographical position(location), near Sumhuram, and its socio-political situation explain why bead assemblage here is so important. The use of particular stones indicates the presence of links with the area of the Persian Gulf and the Eastern part of the Indian Ocean. Furthermore, the discovery of some tools used for the production of the beads demonstrates a local production of some of these. The long life of the site could help to identify typical materials of each period thus allowing for a more complete comprehension of Dhofar and of the international connections of the area.","PeriodicalId":156819,"journal":{"name":"Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131566450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Kuraszkiewicz, Zbigniew Godziejewski, Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin
{"title":"Saqqara: research 2020","authors":"K. Kuraszkiewicz, Zbigniew Godziejewski, Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin","doi":"10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.2.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.2.03","url":null,"abstract":"In the 2020 campaign, research started in 2018 at the eastern bank of the Dry Moat was continued, which resulted in the discovery of a rock-cut structure south of the Corridor 1. Also, the rock-cut chapel being part of a 6th Dynasty funerary complex situated south of the tomb of Merefnebef was explored. In both areas, burials of the Upper Necropolis were also found. An important part of the programme were conservation activities.","PeriodicalId":156819,"journal":{"name":"Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127434384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Textile material from Old Dongola: preliminary observations on trade and sartorial practices in the Ottoman period","authors":"M. Woźniak","doi":"10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.2.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.2.31","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents the textile material retrieved from the so-called House of the Mekk, which appears as one of the most important compounds (by size and intricate plan) of the Funj period, established in the Old Dongola citadel. The general typology of the textiles, representative of an urban settlement, is presented and two study-cases (piece-dyed blue cottons and fabrics decorated with plaid-effect pattern in white and blue) are further discussed. The textile analysis is complemented by written sources of various kinds (court registers, traveler's accounts) to provide information about trade routes and goods and also to offer a preliminary picture of the sartorial practices of the elite at Old Dongola during the Ottoman period.","PeriodicalId":156819,"journal":{"name":"Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129948760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Przemysław Bobrowski, M. Chłodnicki, M. Jórdeczka, Ł.M. Stanaszek
{"title":"Post-Meroitic cemetery at the Khor Shambat site in Sudan","authors":"Przemysław Bobrowski, M. Chłodnicki, M. Jórdeczka, Ł.M. Stanaszek","doi":"10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.2.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.2.27","url":null,"abstract":"Archaeological research at the Khor Shambat site located in Omdurman in central Sudan has been conducted since 2012, when a team of scientists from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences (Poznań) launched a salvage exploration of a Neolithic site and cemetery damaged by road construction. Research is now conducted within the scope of a grant from the National Science Centre, Poland (No. 2015/17/D/HS3/01492). Three seasons of fieldwork since 2016 have focused on the extensive prehistoric settlement spanning nearly 4000 years, from the early Mesolithic to the late Neolithic. The site turned out to be attractive not only for Mesolithic hunters-gatherers and Neolithic shepherds, but also as a burial place for the Meroitic and post-Meroitic inhabitants of the region. A survey of about 1% of the surface of the Khor Shambat site (KSH 1) resulted in the discovery of 66 graves; 12 of these are probably post-Meroitic, and of these three presented a rich and interesting array of burial goods, including imports from the Far East. At the same time, KSH 1 is one of the southernmost post-Meroitic cemeteries.","PeriodicalId":156819,"journal":{"name":"Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125473194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trade and 'treasure': the role of Suakin in the movement of valuables (15th–19th centuries)","authors":"Laurence Smith, S. Taha, J. Philips, M. Mallinson","doi":"10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.1.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.1.25","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses historical and archaeological evidence for the ‘valuables’ passing through Suakin, as part of the Red Sea-Indian Ocean trade. The main locations on Suakin Island Town investigated 2002-2013 are briefly described. Interviews show that at Suakin, in the later 19th century/early 20th century, imported valuables included fabrics from Europe, perfume oils, cloths and wooden chests from India; porcelain from China and Turkey; rugs from Persia/Iran and glass from Italy. Interviews and early modern European accounts indicate the range of products from the hinterland, such as cotton, gold, ivory, ostrich feathers, slaves, horses, gum arabic, ebony, musk, tobacco, rubber and coffee. Local fishermen supplied fish, shells, pearls and mother-of-pearl. The archaeological evidence indicates pottery and porcelain from the Arabian Peninsula, south-west Asia, south Asia, China and south-east Asia, while identifications of wood samples indicates teak from south and south-east Asia. A combination of archaeological, historical and ethnographic evidence is needed to build up a picture of the trade in valuables.","PeriodicalId":156819,"journal":{"name":"Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127867186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The changing face of PAM: 30 years of the journal","authors":"I. Zych","doi":"10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.2.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.2.33","url":null,"abstract":"The Journal has served in its primary role of a platform for presenting the annual input of new archaeological data from Polish excavations in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East for the better part of 30 years. Nothing can stay what it is too long and the journal has also undergone an evolution and transformation in an effort to rise to new challenges while sustaining the best of a long-standing and successful tradition. This is about the changing face of the Journal, the newest of which readers now hold in their hands.","PeriodicalId":156819,"journal":{"name":"Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121509847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Derda, M. Gwiazda, Aleksandra Pawlikowska-Gwiazda
{"title":"Development of a settlement on the northeastern promontory at 'Marea'","authors":"T. Derda, M. Gwiazda, Aleksandra Pawlikowska-Gwiazda","doi":"10.31338/UW.2083-537X.PAM29.2.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31338/UW.2083-537X.PAM29.2.23","url":null,"abstract":"Excavations in ‘Marea’ in 2018 were conducted within a broader project, the aim of which was to recognize the ancient topography of this settlement. The work this season was mainly carried out at the promontory in the north-eastern part of the site with some partially visible buildings along an ancient street. The goal was threefold: to define when they had been built, for how long they had been in use and to verify results from the previous survey. Consequently, six trenches were made to gain material essential to date the aforementioned constructions. The oldest remains turned out to be from the Roman period, when this area became a rubbish dump for production wastes from adjacent pottery kilns. Above the heaps mainly made of amphorae AE 3 and AE 4 sherds, two occupation levels were recognised with the older one beginning in 3rd century or later. Unfortunately function of the structures uncovered at this level is still unclear. The consecutive phase can be dated to 5th–6th century. During that time buildings were constructed according to the regular grid which fits into the overall plan of the town. Executed works led to better understanding of the particular changes that occurred in this part of ‘Marea’.","PeriodicalId":156819,"journal":{"name":"Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121600002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Whither sailest thou?\" Origins and destinations in the archaeosphere of the Red Sea","authors":"Ralph K. Pedersen","doi":"10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.1.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.1.21","url":null,"abstract":"The Red Sea is a deep rift between Africa and Asia, yet asan aquatic “highway” it links Europe to the Indian Oceanworld. While the existence of Greco-Roman trade downthe Red Sea to the wider eastern world is relatively wellknown,we are still investigating the harbors and destinationpoints along the shores of the Red Sea. Understandingthe geographical, and indeed geological, aspect ofthe sea is a key factor in the finding of ancient harborsand anchorages. Coupled with this is the need to discernthe technology of the maritime tools — navigation, ship-building technology, sailing practices — of the variouseras and cultures of the Red Sea.This paper explores these aspects through the growingbody of evidence and theory of Red Sea maritime endeavors, as well as by the author’s own archaeologicalinvestigations in Eritrea and Saudi Arabia.","PeriodicalId":156819,"journal":{"name":"Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126608800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Roman lamp from the Ἀρχέπολις workshop and other late antique lamps from Burial House 1/2007 in the Harbour Necropolis of Ephesus","authors":"Marina Ugarković","doi":"10.31338/1234-5415pam.28.1.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31338/1234-5415pam.28.1.17","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents ceramic lamps discovered during the 2007 rescue excavation conducted in Burial House 1/2007 of the Roman and late antique Harbour necropolis of Ephesus, located north of the harbour channel. Special attention is placed on one of the grave goods discovered in Grave 3, an imported Roman lamp of probable Cypriot origin, with the first instance of an Ἀρχεπόλεως signature coming from Ephesus, depicting Hercules dragging Cerberus from the Underworld. Other finds belong to imported and local late antique artistic arts and crafts. Some of these might have been used in the context of Ephesian burial rites, most conceivably as lighting devices, adding also to our insight on local crafts and customer demand.","PeriodicalId":156819,"journal":{"name":"Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124225325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ceramic production in Roman-age Puglia: lychnological contexts","authors":"Diana Dobreva, S. Zago","doi":"10.31338/1234-5415pam.28.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31338/1234-5415pam.28.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"Investigations in Puglia have given a sound base for reconstructing a historical, settlement and socio-economic profile of the region, but a comprehensive study of workshops, fabrics and the forms associated with the production chain, exchange, and consumption. In this sense, a targeted examination of the Apulian-Calabrian area is centered on teh places and techniques of ceramic production between the 3rd century BC and the 3rd century AD, considering fixed installations and small finds as useful indicators. Within the frame of this study, based on the available documentation, this contribution seeks to identify and contextualize the production sites of lanterns, adding to the data on continuity/discontinuity processes in terms of settlement, artisanal crafts, economy and commerce.","PeriodicalId":156819,"journal":{"name":"Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133818054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}