The Cooking Network - Unmasking Economy of Eastern Desert
Jerzy M Oleksiak2024
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Aim of this paper is to present the first-ever results of a study on common ware pottery produced during recent excavations in Late Antique structures in the Eastern Desert sites of Berenike and Sikait. Both sites, between the second half of the 4th and the beginning of the 6th century AD, once again rose to great economic significance. Berenike-a Red Sea emporium for long-distance trade and an intermediary agent between the Indian Ocean and Eastern Mediterranean markets, and Senskis-a production and mining settlement located in the Wadi Sikait, were two major cities that contributed to the resurgence of spectacular exchange activity in this time. Precise petrographic, provenance, and quantification studies on key classes of kitchen and storage ceramic material allow for a deeper understanding of economic dependencies and supply strategies between the Nile Valley and the lands of the Blemmyes. The conclusions aim to address broader questions about the politics and relations between the Eastern Desert, the Byzantine Empire, and the Western Indian Ocean markets.
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Jerzy M. Oleksiak - Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw
j.oleksiak@uw.edu.pl
The Cooking Network – Unmasking economy of Eastern Desert
Aim of this paper is to present the first-ever results of a study on common ware pottery
produced during recent excavations in Late Antique structures in the Eastern Desert sites of
Berenike and Sikait. Both sites, between the second half of the 4th and the beginning of the 6th
century AD, once again rose to great economic significance. Berenike - a Red Sea emporium
for long-distance trade and an intermediary agent between the Indian Ocean and Eastern
Mediterranean markets, and Senskis - a production and mining settlement located in the Wadi
Sikait, were two major cities that contributed to the resurgence of spectacular exchange activity
in this time.
Precise petrographic, provenance, and quantification studies on key classes of kitchen and
storage ceramic material allow for a deeper understanding of economic dependencies and
supply strategies between the Nile Valley and the lands of the Blemmyes. The conclusions aim
to address broader questions about the politics and relations between the Eastern Desert, the
Byzantine Empire, and the Western Indian Ocean markets.
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