A preliminary report on the excavations of tomb AS 91 at Abusir South (autumn season 2016)

• Authors: Peterková Hlouchová Marie , Bělohoubková Dana , Sůvová Zdeňka , Havelková Petra
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This article summarises the excavations of tomb AS 91, uncovered during the autumn season of 2016 at AbusirSouth. The mastaba was highly damaged and its superstructure had almost completely disappeared. Three shafts were detected in the mastaba core. Shafts 1 and 2 were rather shallow, but to the contrary, Shaft 3 was considerably deeper, and at its bottom, an unfinished burial chamber was hewn. The burial had been looted, but a few fragmentarily preserved human bones, a fairly high number of animal remains, and even two Barn Owl skeletons were collected there. The archaeological report is supported by an archaeozoological analysis of the animal remains and by an anthropological study of the fragmentary human bones.

Keywords

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Abusir South; mastaba; superstructure; substructure; Old Kingdom; archaeozoology; anthropology

Discipline

• ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGY
• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Pražské egyptologické studie (Prague Egyptological Studies)
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 19
• Pages: 53-65

Contributors

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Peterková Hlouchová Marie

• Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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Bělohoubková Dana

• Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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Sůvová Zdeňka

• independent scholar

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Havelková Petra

• Department of Anthropology, National Museum in Prague