The sheikh's house at Quseir Al-Qadim : documenting a thirteenth-century Red Sea port
Preface Bibliography Introduction 1. Quseir al-Qadim and the Sheikh's House 2. Ceramics 3. Plant Remains 1982. Wilma Wetterstrom 4. Avian Faunal Remains. Steven M. Goodman 5. Textiles, Basketry, Glass, and Coins 6. Texts in Context: The Sheikh's House Texts 7. The Sheikh's House in Co...
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oai:library.arce.org:123456789-4282025-04-23T10:34:02Z The sheikh's house at Quseir Al-Qadim : documenting a thirteenth-century Red Sea port Strange Burke, Katherine M. Goodman, Steven Wetterstrom, Wilma Antiquities Egypt Antiquities Egypt Qusayr al-Qadi?m (Extinct city) Qusayr al-Qadi?m (Extinct city) Antiquities Preface Bibliography Introduction 1. Quseir al-Qadim and the Sheikh's House 2. Ceramics 3. Plant Remains 1982. Wilma Wetterstrom 4. Avian Faunal Remains. Steven M. Goodman 5. Textiles, Basketry, Glass, and Coins 6. Texts in Context: The Sheikh's House Texts 7. The Sheikh's House in Context: Quseir al-Qadim, Egypt, and Beyond 8. Conclusions Appendix A. Postscript: The Later History of Quseir al-Qadim and Early Modern Quseir Appendix B. Locus Tables Appendix C. Pottery Tables Appendix D. Bone, Glass, and Coin Tables Appendix E. Document Tables Appendix F. Textile and Archaeobotanical Tables Appendix G. Pottery Plates by Locus Appendix H. Photographs of the Excavations and Several Small Finds Index This study of a thirteenth-century dwelling on Egypt's Red Sea Coast draws on multiple lines of evidence--including texts excavated at the site--to reconstruct a history of the structure and the people who dwelt within. The inhabitants participated in Nile Valley-Red Sea-Indian Ocean trade, transported ???? pilgrims, sent grain to Mecca and Medina, and wrote sermons and amulets for the local faithful. These activities are detailed in the documents and fleshed out in the botanical, faunal, artifact, and stratigraphic evidence from the University of Chicago's excavations (1978-82). This compound eventually consisted of two houses and a row of storerooms and became the center of mercantile activity at Quseir al-Qadim. Over time, as the number of named individuals who received shipping notes addressed to the "warehouse of Ab? Mufarij" increased, living rooms and storerooms were added to accommodate this expansion of commerce. While most merchants were dealing in textiles, dates, and grains, additional commodities traded included perfumes, gemstone-decorated textiles, resist-dyed textiles, and porcelains. Specialist studies by Steven Goodman on the avian faunal remains and Wilma Wetterstrom on the macrobotanical finds reveal that the compound's occupants enjoyed a diet of chicken and Nile Valley produce such as grapes and watermelon, and they were supplemented by high-priced imports: nuts and fruits from around the Mediterranean, along with medicinal plants from as far away as India, indicate the wealth and status of this family of merchants. The evidence from this small portion of Quseir al-Qadim yields a rich local story that is a microcosm of Nile Valley-Red Sea-Indian Ocean trade under the last Ayyubid sultans of Egypt 2025-04-23T10:34:02Z 2021 Book Chicago 9781614910589 https://library.arce.org:82/handle/123456789/428 en_US University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications; 144 application/pdf Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago |
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Preface Bibliography Introduction 1. Quseir al-Qadim and the Sheikh's House 2. Ceramics 3. Plant Remains 1982. Wilma Wetterstrom 4. Avian Faunal Remains. Steven M. Goodman 5. Textiles, Basketry, Glass, and Coins 6. Texts in Context: The Sheikh's House Texts 7. The Sheikh's House in Context: Quseir al-Qadim, Egypt, and Beyond 8. Conclusions Appendix A. Postscript: The Later History of Quseir al-Qadim and Early Modern Quseir Appendix B. Locus Tables Appendix C. Pottery Tables Appendix D. Bone, Glass, and Coin Tables Appendix E. Document Tables Appendix F. Textile and Archaeobotanical Tables Appendix G. Pottery Plates by Locus Appendix H. Photographs of the Excavations and Several Small Finds Index |
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