Book contents
- The Great Oasis of Egypt
- The Great Oasis of Egypt
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Living in the Oasis: Humans and the Environment
- Part II Managing the Oasis
- Part III Trade and Mobility in a Connected Environment
- 8 The North Kharga Oasis Darb Ain Amur Survey (NKODAAS): Surveying the Tracks between the Two Oases
- 9 And the Potsherds? Some Avenues of Reflection and Synthesis on the Pottery of the Great Oasis
- 10 Egyptian and Imported Amphoras at Amheida
- 11 Kegs from Amheida
- 12 El-Deir as a Switching Point
- Part IV An Oasis Culture?
- Bibliography
- Index of ancient people
- Index of places
- General index
12 - El-Deir as a Switching Point
from Part III - Trade and Mobility in a Connected Environment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 July 2019
- The Great Oasis of Egypt
- The Great Oasis of Egypt
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Living in the Oasis: Humans and the Environment
- Part II Managing the Oasis
- Part III Trade and Mobility in a Connected Environment
- 8 The North Kharga Oasis Darb Ain Amur Survey (NKODAAS): Surveying the Tracks between the Two Oases
- 9 And the Potsherds? Some Avenues of Reflection and Synthesis on the Pottery of the Great Oasis
- 10 Egyptian and Imported Amphoras at Amheida
- 11 Kegs from Amheida
- 12 El-Deir as a Switching Point
- Part IV An Oasis Culture?
- Bibliography
- Index of ancient people
- Index of places
- General index
Summary
This chapter presents the ceramic data collected in the field and participate to understand the role and place of the site of El-Deir in the Western Desert commercial network in Roman times. In order to have a better comprehension of the economic importance of the north of the Kharga Oasis during Roman times, ceramic material from the exploration of three sites has been studied: the Naqb Abu Sighawal track, connecting El-Deir to Girga in the Nile Valley; the Roman fortress and its vicinity; the agricultural plots of El-Deir. This study shows El-Deir as a reception and redistribution center between the Kharga Oasis and the Nile Valley and the Mediterranean space to a lesser extent, from the Late Period but especially from the Ptolemaic period and during Early Roman times. This role as reception point influenced the agricultural landscape, which has been gradually transformed from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture, with a fortress used as checkpoint, caravanserai, and storage place.
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- The Great Oasis of EgyptThe Kharga and Dakhla Oases in Antiquity, pp. 201 - 216Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019