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The excavations of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on Bates's Island at Marsa Matruh, on the seacoast at the north of Egypt's western desert, uncovered a small site with a metalworking workshop and nearby houses. The pottery indicates that this small Late Bronze Age settlement had links to several cultures: Cyprus, the Aegean, Egypt, the coast of western Asia, and the local Marmarican people. The volumes publish the architecture, the local and imported pottery, the crucibles and other evidence for metalworking, the ostrich egg shells and other faunal remains, and the other discoveries made at the site.
List of contents
The Setting (Donald White); Introduction to the Island's Excavations (Donald White); Environmental Morphology and History of the Island and Adjacent Lagoon Area (Donald White and Rita Gardner); The Island's Late Bronze Age Occupation (Donald White); Area VI: The Great Ridge, Bates's Libyan Cemetery (Donald White and Linda Hulin); The Island's Historical Period Occupation (Donald White).
About the author
Donald White is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania, and Curator of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's Mediterranean Section. He is editor-in-chief of the publication series The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya.
Summary
This volume provides an overview of the excavations at the site of Marsa Matruh on Bates' Island, located in a lagoon on the coast of the north of Egypt's western desert. It reveals the Late Bronze Age and historical period occupations, and provides an introduction to the environmental morphology and history of the island.
