Evidence for Pastoral Nomads and Travelers in the Eastern Desert
Site 51 and Beyond at Wadi el-Hudi, Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587815 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kate Liszka (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 64-72 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/729870 |
| OpenAlex | W4398759786 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In the Egyptian Eastern Desert, southeast of Aswan, the Wadi el-Hudi Archaeological Expedition discovered extensive evidence of pastoral nomads living, working, and grazing animals at several archaeological sites. Site 51, newly discovered in January 2023, is a short-term domestic shelter with natural alcoves used by pastoral nomads for millennia. It includes over fifty newly discovered rock inscriptions of cows, ibexes, tally marks, and graffiti. Several grinding stones and nearly a hundred cupules demonstrate the nomads’ collection and processing of local plants while they tended their animals. Additionally, other travelers also sheltered at Site 51 throughout the millennia. This discovery adds to the increasing evidence that, in addition to being an ancient Egyptian site for the mining of amethyst and gold, Wadi el-Hudi was an important zone for pastoral nomads
Ancient history · Archaeology · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · African history and culture analysis · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |