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DOI	10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.03.003
	Amenhotep III's Mansion of Millions of Years in Thebes (Luxor, Egypt): Submergence of high grounds by river floods and Nile sediments
	Toonen, W. H. J.; Graham, A.; Masson-Berghoff, A.; Peeters, J.; Winkels, T. G.; Pennington, B. T.; Hunter, M. A.; Strutt, K. D.; Barker, D. S.; Emery, V. L.; Sollars, L.; Sourouzian, H.
通讯作者	Toonen, WHJ (corresponding author), Letteren Fac, Room 704,Blijde Inkomststr 21, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS
ISSN	2352-409X
出版年	2019
卷号	25 页码:195-205
英文摘要	New Kingdom royal cult temples in Thebes (Luxor, Egypt) are all located on the lower desert edge. Kom el-Hettan (Amenhotep III: reign 1391-1353 BCE, 18th Dynasty) is an exception, as it is located in the present Nile floodplain. Its anomalous position has puzzled Egyptologists, as has the termination of its use, which traditionally has been attributed to natural hazards such as flooding or earthquakes. Geoarchaeological analyses of the subsurface shows that Amenhotep III's temple was initially founded on a wadi fan that stood several metres above the contemporary surrounding floodplain landscape. The temple was fronted by a minor branch of the Nile, which connected the temple to the wider region, but the temple itself was relatively safe from the annual flood of the Nile. This geoarchaeological study comprised a coring programme to determine the c. 4000-yr landscape history of the local area. Chronological control was provided by the analysis of ceramic fragments recovered from within the sediments. This study shows that the New Kingdom period was, at least locally, characterised by extremely high sedimentation rates that caused a rapid rise of the floodplain and gradual submergence of the pre-existing high temple grounds. This is, however, not a plausible reason for the destruction of the temple, as frequent inundation did not begin until the temple was already out of use and largely dismantled.
英文关键词	New Kingdom Climate change Avulsion Geomorphology Kom el-Hettan Ancient Egypt Ritual landscape
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000473218800019
WOS关键词	DYNAMICS ; HISTORY ; VALLEY
WOS类目	Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/362145
作者单位	[Toonen, W. H. J.] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Fac Arts, Egyptol Unit, Leuven, Belgium; [Graham, A.] Uppsala Univ, Dept Archaeol & Ancient Hist, Uppsala, Sweden; [Masson-Berghoff, A.] British Museum, Dept Greece & Rome, London, England; [Peeters, J.; Winkels, T. G.] Univ Utrecht, Dept Phys Geog, Utrecht, Netherlands; [Pennington, B. T.] Univ Southampton, Geog & Environm, Southampton, Hants, England; [Hunter, M. A.] Univ Cambridge, Dept Earth Sci, Cambridge, England; [Strutt, K. D.; Barker, D. S.] Univ Southampton, Archaeol, Southampton, Hants, England; [Emery, V. L.] Carthage Coll, Kenosha, WI USA; [Sollars, L.] Univ Glasgow, Dept Archaeol, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; [Sourouzian, H.] German Inst Archaeol, Cairo, Egypt
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Toonen, W. H. J.,Graham, A.,Masson-Berghoff, A.,et al. Amenhotep III's Mansion of Millions of Years in Thebes (Luxor, Egypt): Submergence of high grounds by river floods and Nile sediments[J],2019,25:195-205.
APA	Toonen, W. H. J..,Graham, A..,Masson-Berghoff, A..,Peeters, J..,Winkels, T. G..,...&Sourouzian, H..(2019).Amenhotep III's Mansion of Millions of Years in Thebes (Luxor, Egypt): Submergence of high grounds by river floods and Nile sediments.JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS,25,195-205.
MLA	Toonen, W. H. J.,et al."Amenhotep III's Mansion of Millions of Years in Thebes (Luxor, Egypt): Submergence of high grounds by river floods and Nile sediments".JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS 25(2019):195-205.