During the upcoming PCMA Seminar Dr. Dawid Wieczorek (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw) will deliver a presentation: “Tool Marks Pattern Analysis: morpho-technological studies on Ancient Egyptian and Nubian building stone blocks – possibilities and limitations”.
Abstract:Once the Tool Marks Pattern Analysis (TMPA) was developed to stratify epigraphic material, i.e. building dipinti uncovered in the temple complexes of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III at Deir el-Bahari from the early 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom (c. 1479–1425 BCE), it became evident that while developing a new method for relative dating, a new approach was simultaneously developed for the morpho-technological studies of building stoneblocks.
As a result, it became possible not only to study the epigraphic material but, more importantly, the stone material itself, which ultimately makes this method universal. As demonstrated by the technological research conducted on the stone material at Deir el-Bahari, this method, in addition to providing a basic morpho-technological description, also allows for the reconstruction of the complete technological production process for a specific group of building stoneblocks. Thus, it seems that the TMPA method may have much broader research potential, and its universal assumptions allow it to be applied to building stone material found at other archaeological sites as well.
The seminar will be held on Thursday, 29th at 2 pm (Warsaw time) on the Zoom platform.
To receive the link, please email: seminarium.pcma@uw.edu.pl
The temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari is considered one of the most important monuments of ancient Egyptian architecture. Since 1961, the temple has been the subject of research and work by a Polish-Egyptian expedition from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, whose task is to study the history of this sacred space, its reconstruction and conservation.
As part of this lecture series at the PCMA UW Seminars, members of the Polish-Egyptian expedition will present the results of the latest fieldwork and studies, focusing on archaeological excavations, epigraphic research, as well as restoration and conservation treatments.
The organizer of the series is Dr. Patryk Chudzik from the Department of Egyptian Archaeology PCMA UW. The lectures in this series cover topics related to the latest research conducted by the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Conservation Expedition to the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari.