Africa: Egypt (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lauren Lippiello.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper provides a detailed interpretation of the rock art site Khor Abu Subeira South 1 (KASS1), Egypt during a transitional stage in the political and social development of ancient Egypt. The various thematic programs in use at the site indicate that the site transforms from its initial use as a hunting ground to a location used for ritual...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah Ranlett.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Yale University Prehistoric Expedition to Nubia (YUPEN) was mounted in the 1960s in response to UNESCO’s 'Call to Save the Monuments of Nubia' in advance of flooding in Egypt and Sudan caused by the construction of the Aswan High Dam. YUPEN collected several tons of material from over 350 (primarily) Pleistocene and Early Holocene archaeological...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily Smith.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Alcohols in the ancient world have been the subject of increased study as methods for analysis grow in sophistication, but despite progress made in the field of chemical identification, identifying the presence/absence of alcohols in the archaeological record remains somewhat mixed. I present preliminary work on the use-alteration patterns attributed to...