Newsletter, Number 47 (December, 1962)
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The Twelfth Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt was one of unusual importance, and it was particularly gratifying to find that many members showed their continuing interest in the work of our organization by attending in person. Among those who came from a long distance were Professors Aziz Atiya of the University of Utah, Klaus Baer of the University of California, Oleg Grabar of the University of Michigan, Nicholas Heer of Stanford, and Mr. and Mrs. Husselman of Ann Arbor. Others came from the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Boston and vicinity.
THE BERKELEY MAP OF THE THEBAN NECROPOLIS: REPORT OF THE THIRD SEASON, 1980
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sheets were produced for us by Princeton Polychrome and the University of California Press and are available upon request for examination.) The sample map sheet was an important step in the preparation of the full map sets, for it helped point out several unsuspected problem areas. The scale at which the Berkeley Theban maps are to be published and the type of material they must contain make them unique cartographic productions: most of the design standards used by various national and international map-making agencies simply cannot be applied, for they do not deal with such complex cultural features, with subterranean as well as surface features, with remains of so many periods, with such rugged terrain at such a precise scale, or with bi- and perhaps even trilingual labels. Questions of color, line weight, map symbols, and the like have largely been settled. But we have found ourselves faced with the task of designing our own cartographic standards; in a very real sense, we are establishing a completely new genre of archaeological cartography.