Amheida – Étude des céramiques de l’époque romaine et de l’Antiquité tardive

Cette mission est pilotée par Université de Columbia, Université de New York et dirigée par Roger Bagnall, Paola Davoli (Université de Lecce) (Université de Columbia, Université de New York).

2001 → toujours en cours

Localisation

Oasis de Dakhla, Désert occidental, Égypte.

Effectif du LA3M engagé

Responsables d'études : Delphine Dixneuf

Présentation

The Amheida project was started at Columbia University in 2001. Since 2008, New York University is the primary sponsoring institution, with Columbia University continuing as a partner in the project.

The excavations at Amheida collaborate with other participating groups in the Dakhleh Oasis Project, an international venture now three decades old dedicated to studying the interaction between human settlement and the environment over the long span from the earliest human presence in the oasis to modern times. Amheida itself has remains spanning nearly three millennia, and paleolithic material is found along its fringes.