The History of the Peoples of the Eastern Desert


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Series: Monographs 73
ISBN: 978-1-931745-96-3
Publication Date: Oct 2012
Price: Hb $77.00, eBook $62.00
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Hans Barnard and Kim Duistermaat

The last quarter century has seen extensive research on the ports of the Red Sea coast of Egypt, the road systems connecting them to the Nile, and the mines and quarries in the region. The History of the Peoples of the Eastern Desert Missing has been a systematic study of the peoples of the Eastern Desert—the area between the Red Sea and the Nile Valley—in whose territories these ports, roads, mines, and quarries were located.The historical overview of the Eastern Desert in the shape of a roughly chronological narrative presented in this book fills that gap. 

The History of the Peoples of the Eastern Desert

The multidisciplinary perspective focuses on the long-term history of the region. The extensive range of topics addressed includes specific historical periods, natural resources, nomadic survival strategies, ancient textual data, and the interaction between Christian hermits and their neighbors.The breadth of perspective does not sacrifice depth, for all authors deal in some detail with the specifics of their subject matter. As a whole, this collection provides an outline of the history and sociology of the Eastern Desert unparalleled in any language for its comprehensiveness. As such, it will be the essential starting point for future research on the Eastern Desert.

The History of the Peoples of the Eastern Desert

Table of Contents

Part 1

Chapter 1. Introduction to Part 1: From Adam to Alexander (500,000–2500 Years Ago) by H. Barnard
Chapter 2. Contributions to the Prehistory of the Eastern Desert in Egypt by P. M. Vermeersch
Chapter 3. The Holocene Prehistory of the Nubian Eastern Desert by M. C. Gatto
Chapter 4. The Journey to the Rock Art Gallery of Bir Nurayet (Sudan) by K. Pluskota
Chapter 5. Boat Petroglyphs in Egypt’s Central Eastern Desert by F. Lankester
Chapter 6. Nomads at the Nile:Towards an Archaeology of Interaction by C. Näser
Chapter 7. Gods in the Red Land: Development of Cults and Religious Activities in the Eastern Desert by A. D. Espinel
Chapter 8. Sinai in Egyptian, Levantine and Hebrew (Biblical) Perspectives by J. K.Hoffmeier
Chapter 9. Vegetation and Management Regime Continuity in the Cultural Landscape of the Eastern Desert by G. L. Andersen
Chapter 10. The Eastern Desert Tombs and Cultural Continuity by K. Krzywinski
Chapter 11. The Desert Dwellers of Marmarica, Western Desert: Second Millennium BCE to First Millennium CE by A.-K. Rieger, T. Vetter and H. Möller

Part  2

Chapter 12. Introduction to Part 2: The Last 2500 Years by H. Barnard
Chapter 13. The Eastern Desert during the Ptolemaic Period: An Emerging Picture by J. Gates-Foster
Chapter 14. Nabataeans in the Eastern Desert during the Roman Period by R. Z. Mohamed
Chapter 15. Roman Gold Mining in the Eastern Desert: The Mining Settlement in Wadi Bakariya by B. J. M.Tratsaert
Chapter 16. A Blemmy by Any Other Name...: A Study in Greek Ethnography by R. H. Pierce
Chapter 17. Blemmyes, Noubades and the Eastern Desert in Late Antiquity: Reassessing the Written Sources by J. H. F. Dijkstra
Chapter 18. On the Archaeology of the Native Population of the Eastern Desert in the First–Seventh Centuries CE by G. Lassányi
Chapter 19.Results of Recent Mass Spectrometric Research of Eastern Desert Ware (4th–6th centuries CE) by H. Barnard
Chapter 20.  “You Shall Not See the Tribes of the Blemmyes or of the Saracens”: On the Other ‘Barbarians’ of the Late Roman Eastern Desert of Egypt by T. Power
Chapter 21. Invisible Monks, Human Eyes and the Egyptian Desert in Late Antique Hagiography byK.M.Klein
Chapter 22. Desert Imagery: Bedouin, Monks, Demons and Hermits around Saint Anthony’s Monastery by J. C. M. Starkey
Chapter 23. Nomadism and the Monastic Life in the Eastern Desert of Egypt by M. Jones
Chapter 24. Towards Variability: Cultural Diversity in Economic Strategies of the Beja Peoples by P. Weschenfelder
Chapter 25. The Documentation of the Cultural Heritage of the Bedouin of South Sinai: A Pilot Study in Serabit al-Khadim by Hanna F. Keshk and S. Aboubakr
Chapter 26. Nominating Suakin a World Heritage Site by M. D. S. Mallinson
Chapter 27. The Establishment of a Transboundary Biosphere Reserve in Wadi Allaqi, Egypt by al-Aawah and C. De Simone
Chapter 28. Beja Innovation and Responses to Environmental Change in the Southeastern Desert of Egypt by A. Roe
Chapter 29. Giving a Voice to the Ababda by Abdel-Qadr, W. Z. Wendrich, Z. Kosc and H. Barnard
Chapter 30. Sustainable Desert Tourism: A Tool for Competition by S. B. Hassan
Chapter 31. Concluding Remarks by J. L. Bintliff and H. Barnard