GERISCH, Rainer

KEMP, Barry

Tell el-Amarna, 2006-7

JEA 93

Egypt Exploration Society, Londres | London, 2007, p. 52-53

fouilles excavations

[-1550, -1050]

domaine domestique domestic sphere

acacia acacia (lat. Acacia spp.)
figuier sycomore sycamore fig (lat. Ficus sycomorus L.)
Mimusops schimperi persea (lat. Mimusops schimperi)
saule willow (lat. Salix spp.)
tamaris désertique desert tamarisk (lat. Tamarix aphylla L.Karst.)
dattier du désert sugar date palm (lat. Balanites aegyptiaca)
acacia nilotique Nile acacia (lat. Acacia nilotica L.)
palmier doum dom palm (lat. Hyphaena thebaica)
eédre cedar (lat. Cedrus)
étude sur l’identification du bois wood identification studies

charbon de bois charcoal naturel natural

(pp. 52-53):
Information interesting for the wood taxa studies: Faidherbia albida, Leptadenia pyrotechnica, Zilla spinosa and date stones in the charcoal from the Stone Village in Tell el-Amarna (Pharaonic date); assemblages highly dominated by wood of the Nile acacia, which represents an excellent fuel, burning steadily and slow with high calorific value. The other main source of fuel in ancient Egypt was the tamarisk, which is of poorer quality than acacia wood, burning more quickly and with smoke.
No remnants of timber imports identified in the charcoal material.
Two desiccated pieces of cedar wood, fragments of woody dôm-palm nuts, date stones.

habitat
settlement  contexte urbain
urban context

Egypte Egypt

Tell el-Amarna

consommation