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Report from field reconnaissance at Gebelein, Khozam and el-Rizeiqat

2015, 24, No. 1

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Archaeology

University of Warsaw, Antiquity of Southeastern Europe Research Centre, PhD candidate

Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn, Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, Department of Egyptology; Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures

Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, PhD candidate


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28.02.2016

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Abstract

A field reconnaissance in the region of Gebelein, Khozam and el-Rizeiqat in 2013 was aimed at obtaining information on site topography and state of preservation, even as it tested mobile GIS devices and remote sensing analysis to improve usage procedures in field prospection. Archival maps and satellite imaging were used to locate archaeological features, analyze changes of landscape and modern expansion of the cultivation zone from the natural alluvial plain into the low desert area.

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