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Egyptian state formation and the changing socio-spatial landscape of the First Nile Cataract region in the 4th-3rd millennia BCE

2020/37/K/HS3/04097

Keywords:

Borderscape Ancient Egypt First Cataract region Socio-spatial changes State formation

Descriptors:

  • HS3_8: Archaeology (incl. archaeology of Greece and Rome, archaeology of Egypt and Nubia, archaeology of Near East, archeology of the New World, pre- and protohistorical archaeology, archaeology of early medieval period, medieval archeology, archeology of modern period)

Panel:

HS3 - The study of the human past: history, archaeology, ethnology, cultural anthropology

Host institution :

Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych Polskiej Akademii Nauk

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

Maria Carmela Gatto 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: POLS - announced on 2020-03-16

Amount awarded: 910 674 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2021-05-31

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-03-31

Project duration:: 35 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)
  1. Bordering Power: Reinterpreting Three First Cataract Inscriptions of King Merenra
    Authors:
    Siegel, O., Hainline, B., Nicolini, S. & Gatto, M.C.
    Academic press:
    Études et Travaux (rok: 2024, tom: XXXVII, strony: /), Wydawca: Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures Polish Academy of Sciences
    Status:
    Submitted
  2. The BORDERSCAPE Project WebGIS: State Formation and Settlement Patterns near the Ancient Egyptian Southern Border.
    Authors:
    Siegel, O., Bogdani, J., Urcia, A., Nicolini, S., & Gatto, M. C.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Open Archaeology Data (rok: 2014, tom: /, strony: 45667), Wydawca: Ubiquity Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.5334/joad.125 - link to the publication
  3. Combining geoarchaeology and historical Nile records to understand Predynastic settlement patterns in the region of the Nile's First Cataract, Egypt.
    Authors:
    Gatto, M.C. & Siegel, O.
    Academic press:
    Old World: Journal of Ancient Africa and Eurasia (rok: 2024, tom: 4,1, strony: /), Wydawca: Brill
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  1. Authors:
    Maria Carmela Gatto
    Book:
    BORDERSCAPE Egyptian State Formation and the Changing Socio-Spatial Landscape of the First Nile Cataract Region (3800–2300 BCE) (rok: 2025, tom: 1, strony: 306), Wydawca: IKSIO PAN - Harrassowitz Verlag
    Status:
    Submitted