Nicky Nielsen is Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, UK. He worked on the Area K material from Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham as part of his PhD at the University of Liverpool, UK. He specialises in ancient Egyptian material culture, in particular from the New Kingdom and Late Periods and on relations between the New Kingdom Egyptian state and the inhabitants of the Western Desert.

This book is a refreshingly new study on a little known but important fortress settlement representative of Ramesside period fortifications along the western border of the Nile Delta. It offers important new insights into the life of the inhabitants of such a site and provides a detailed analysis of new archaeological data from the recent University of Liverpool excavations.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsPreface1. The Fortress at the End of the World2. Subsistence3. Manufacture and Decoration of Pottery from Area K4. Craft Production5. The West Delta and Marmarican Fortresses6. Subsistence and Production Strategies at Early- to Mid-Ramesside FortsConclusion: Living and Working at Zawiyet Umm el-RakhamAbbreviationsBibliographyAppendix I: Catalogue of Area K Ceramic Vessels

Nicky Nielsen is Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, UK. He worked on the Area K material from Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham as part of his PhD at the University of Liverpool, UK. He specialises in ancient Egyptian material culture, in particular from the New Kingdom and Late Periods and on relations between the New Kingdom Egyptian state and the inhabitants of the Western Desert.

This book is a refreshingly new study on a little known but important fortress settlement representative of Ramesside period fortifications along the western border of the Nile Delta. It offers important new insights into the life of the inhabitants of such a site and provides a detailed analysis of new archaeological data from the recent University of Liverpool excavations.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsPreface1. The Fortress at the End of the World2. Subsistence3. Manufacture and Decoration of Pottery from Area K4. Craft Production5. The West Delta and Marmarican Fortresses6. Subsistence and Production Strategies at Early- to Mid-Ramesside FortsConclusion: Living and Working at Zawiyet Umm el-RakhamAbbreviationsBibliographyAppendix I: Catalogue of Area K Ceramic Vessels

Nicky Nielsen is Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, UK. He worked on the Area K material from Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham as part of his PhD at the University of Liverpool, UK. He specialises in ancient Egyptian material culture, in particular from the New Kingdom and Late Periods and on relations between the New Kingdom Egyptian state and the inhabitants of the Western Desert.

This book is a refreshingly new study on a little known but important fortress settlement representative of Ramesside period fortifications along the western border of the Nile Delta. It offers important new insights into the life of the inhabitants of such a site and provides a detailed analysis of new archaeological data from the recent University of Liverpool excavations.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsPreface1. The Fortress at the End of the World2. Subsistence3. Manufacture and Decoration of Pottery from Area K4. Craft Production5. The West Delta and Marmarican Fortresses6. Subsistence and Production Strategies at Early- to Mid-Ramesside FortsConclusion: Living and Working at Zawiyet Umm el-RakhamAbbreviationsBibliographyAppendix I: Catalogue of Area K Ceramic Vessels