QuarryScapes: conservation of ancient stone quarry landscapes in the Eastern Mediterranean
The QuarryScapes Project: conservation of ancient stone quarry landscapes in the Eastern Mediterranean
The spectacular monuments and cities of the ancient Near East are
testament to an industrial past where large-scale stone procurement
remains unsurpassed. Yet, stone quarries are forgotten as key
archaeological sites, rich in material remains of crucial significance
if we are to understand the social and technological practices of an age
when stone was quarried and transported par excellence. Largely
invisible, undocumented and unprotected, these ancient quarry
landscapes are being destroyed from actions such as modern development
and quarrying.
The inspiration for the ‘QuarryScapes' project comes from the
necessity to put these ancient industrial landscapes on the map before
it is too late and to raise awareness of their research potential across
a broad spectrum of audiences, from archaeological researchers to the
interested public. The ‘QuarryScapes' project drew together
professionals from academic and other institutions in Egypt, Jordan,
Turkey, UK, Belgium, Italy and Norway to focus specifically on
documentation, conservation and heritage management of these fragile
quarry landscapes within the first collaborative and innovative project
of its kind.
Publications - QuarryScapes dissemination
Quarryscapes deliverables
(Can be downloaded below. For printed copies, please contact biblioteket@ngu.no)
Deliverable No 4, Work Package 4: Characterisation of complex
quarry landscapes; an example from the West Bank Quarries, Aswan. 275
pp, ISBN 978-82-7385-118-4. Edited by: Elizabeth Bloxam, Tom Heldal, Per
Storemyr. Authors: Elizabeth Bloxam, Tom Heldal, Per Storemyr, Adel
Kelany, Patrick Degryse, Reidulv Bøe, Axel Müller. Download report, mapsheet 1, mapsheet 2.
Deliverable No 5, Work Package 4: The assessment of significance
of ancient quarry landscapes - problems and possible solutions. The case
of the Aswan West Bank. 26 pp, ISBN 978-82-7385-119-2. Author: Elizabeth Bloxam. Download report.
Deliverable No 1, Work Package 1: Landscape and provenance and
conservation of stone sources from selected archaeological sites in
Jordan, 175 pp, ISBN 978-82-7385-26-0 Edited by: Nizar Abu-Jaber and
Ziad Al Saad Authors: Nizar Abu-Jaber, Ziad Al Saad, Mohammed Al Qudah,
Nihad Smadi and Abeer Al Zoubi. Download report.
Deliverable No 2, Work Package 2: Inventory of Ancient quarry
landscapes in Turkey: their characteristics, production and state of
conservation. 29 pp, Edited by: Emine Caner Saltik. Authors: Emine N.
Caner-Saltık, K. Göze Akoğlu, Evin Caner-Özler, Kemal Erdoğan, Alp
Güney, Sinan Sülüner, Tamer Topal, Ayşe Tavukçuoğlu, V. Toprak, A.G.
Turkmenoglu, M. C. Ustunkaya Taliye Yaşar. Download report.
Deliverable No 3, Work Package 3: The Sagalassos quarry landscape: bringing quarries in context, 84 pp, ISBN 978-82-7385-122-2
Edited by: Patrick Degryse Authors: Patrick Degryse, Tom Heldal,
Elizabeth Bloxam, Per Storemyr, Marc Waelkens, E. Trogh, Hannelore
Vanhaverbeke, Jeroen Poblome, Philippe Muchez. Download report.
Deliverable No 6, Work Package 5: Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Ancient Egyptian Quarry Landscapes, 207 pp, ISBN 978-82-7385-125-3
Editors: Per Storemyr, Elizabeth Bloxam, Tom Heldal Authors: Per
Storemyr, Elizabeth Bloxam, Tom Heldal, Adel Kelany, James A. Harrell,
Rawda Yousri, El Shaimaa Fathy. Download report.
Deliverable No 7, Work Package 6: Site Management Concepts for Widan el Faras, Northern Fayoum, Egypt. 40 pp + appendices, ISBN 978-82-7385-135-4 Prepared by NSCE with the close collaboration with Naguib Amin. Download report.
Deliverable No 8, Work Package 7: GIS Products for Management of
Ancient Stone Quarry Landscapes: three Egyptian Site Maps, 20 pp and 7
maps, ISBN 978-82-7385-123-9
Edited by: Naguib Amin, Rawda Yousri, Sara Kayser Authors: Elshimaa
Fathy, Marwa Sadek, Rabab Abd-el-Kader, Rawda Yosuri, Sara Kayser. Download report.
Deliverable No 9, Work Package 7: Map of Ancient Egyptian Stone Quarries, 26 pp /6 maps, ISBN 978-82-7385-133-8
Edited by: Naguib Amin, Azza Shawarby, Rawda Yousri, Sara Kayser
Authors: Elshimaa Fathy, Marwa Sadek, Rawda Yousri, Sara Kayser. Download report.
Deliverable No 10, Work Package 8: Identifying heritage values and
character-defining elements of ancient quarry landscapes in the Eastern
Mediterranean: an integrated analysis. 161 pp, ISBN 978-82-7385-134-6
Authors: Elizabeth Bloxam and Tom Heldal. Contributions from: Turkey:
Emine N. Caner-Saltık, K. Göze Akoğlu, Evin Caner-Özler, Kemal
Erdoğan,Alp Güney, Sinan Sülüner, Tamer Topal, Ayşe Tavukçuoğlu, V.
Toprak, A.G.Turkmenoglu, M. C. Ustunkaya Taliye Yaşar Jordan: Nizar
Abu-Jaber, Ziad Al Saad, Mohammed Al Qudah, Nihad Smadi and Abeer Al
Zoubi Egypt: Naguib Amin, Adel Kelany, Rawda Yousri, Sara Kayser,
Elshimaa Fathy, Marwa Sadek, Rabab Abd-el-Kader Belgium: Patrick
Degryse, Marc Waelkens, E. Trogh, Hannelore Vanhaverbeke, Jeroen
Poblome, Philippe Muchez Norway: Per Storemyr, Reidulv Bøe, Axel Müller
Italy: Lorenzo Lazzarini. Download report.
Delivery No 11, Work Package 9: QuarryScapes guide to ancient
stone quarry landscapes: documentation, interpretation, and statement of
significance. 85 pp, ISBN Compiled by: Tom Heldal and Elizabeth Bloxam
Contributions from: Turkey: Emine N. Caner-Saltık, K. Göze Akoğlu, Evin
Caner-Özler, Kemal Erdoğan, Alp Güney, Sinan Sülüner, Tamer Topal, Ayşe
Tavukçuoğlu, V. Toprak, A. G. Turkmenoglu, M. C. Ustunkaya Taliye Yaşar
Jordan: Nizar Abu-Jaber, Ziad Al Saad, Mohammed Al Qudah, Nihad Smadi
and Abeer Al Zoubi Egypt: Naguib Amin, Adel Kelany, Rawda Yousri, Sara
Kayser, Elshimaa Fathy, Marwa Sadek, Rabab Abd-el-Kader Belgium: Patrick
Degryse, Marc Waelkens, E. Trogh, Hannelore Vanhaverbeke, Jeroen
Poblome, Philippe Muchez Norway: Per Storemyr, Reidulv Bøe, Axel Müller
Italy: Lorenzo Lazzarini. Download report or follow this link for the web version.
Deliverable 12: QuarryScapes workshop proceedings – abstracts and
extended abstracts. Edited by Patrick Degryse, Tom Heldal and Elizabeth
Bloxam. Download.
Deliverable 13: QuarryScapes Atlas of Ancient Stone Quarry Landscapes. Download report version or follow this link.
Journals and book chapters
Abu-Jaber, N., al Saad, Z. and al Qudah, M. (accepted):
Geomorphological and geological constraints on the development of Early
Bronze chert industries at the northern rim of the Al Jafr Basin,
Southern Jordan. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaemetry
Bloxam, E. (2007): Who were the pharaohs' quarrymen? Archaeology International , 9: 23-7.
Bloxam, E. (in press) ‘Mapping ancient quarry landscapes’. Egyptian Archaeology 34.
Bloxam, E. and Heldal, T. 2007: The Industrial Landscape of The
Northern Faiyum Desert as a World Heritage Site: Modelling 'Outstanding
Universal Value' of 3rd Millennium BC Stone Quarrying in Egypt. World Archaeology Vol 39 No3: 305-323
P. Degryse, Ph. Muchez, M. Waelkens (2007) Geology and archaeology
of late Hellenistic limestone quarries at Sagalassos. MARMORA, 2, 9-20.
P. Degryse, M. Waelkens, P. Vandevelde, Ph. Muchez, W. Viaene
(2008) Weathering of limestone in the historical buildings of
Sagalassos, in: P. Degryse, M. Waelkens (eds.) Sagalassos VI, Geo- and
Bio-Archaeology at Sagalassos and in its Territory, Leuven University
Press, 215-227.
P. Degryse, T. Heldal, E. Bloxam, P. Storemyr, M. Waelkens, Ph.
Muchez (2008) The Sagalassos quarry landscape: bringing quarries in
context, in: P. Degryse, M. Waelkens (eds.) Sagalassos VI, Geo- and
Bio-Archaeology at Sagalassos and in its Territory, Leuven University
Press, 261-290.
Heldal, T., Bloxam, E., Storemyr , P. 2007: Unravelling ancient
stone quarry landscapes in the Eastern Mediterranean: three Egyptian
case studies. In Broadening Horizons: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Landscape Study, eds Bart Ooghe and Geert Verhoeven, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 90-112 Abstract online.
Storemyr, P. (2008): Prehistoric geometric rock art at Gharb Aswan, Upper Egypt. Sahara, 19, 61-76 Abstract online
Storemyr, P., Kelany, A., Negm, M. A., Tohami, A. (2008). More
"Lascaux along the Nile"? Possible Late Palaeolithic rock art in Wadi
Abu Subeira, Upper Egypt. Sahara, 19, 155-158
Storemyr, P. (in press): A Prehistoric Geometric Rock Art Landscape by the First Nile Cataract. Archéo-Nil, 19 (2009)
Storemyr, P., Bloxam, E., Heldal, T. & Kelany, A. (in press):
The Aswan West Bank ancient quarry landscape: Stone procurement,
hunting, desert travel and rock-art from the Palaeolithic to the Roman
period. Papers from the conference: The First Cataract: One region –
Various Perspectives. Berlin, September 2-5, 2007.
Storemyr, P., Bloxam, E., Heldal, T. & Kelany, A. (in press):
Ancient Desert and Quarry Roads on the West Bank of the Nile in the
First Cataract Region. Desert Road Archaeology, edited by Heiko Riemer
and Frank Förster.
Conferences
Storemyr, P., Bloxam, E., Heldal, T. and Kelany, A.: ‘Conservation of Ancient Stone Quarry Landscapes in Egypt' in Prehistoric Mines and Quarries: a Transatlantic Perspective . Papers from the Society for American Archaeology, 71 st Annual Meeting, April 26-April 30 2007, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Bloxam, E., Heldal, T. & Storemyr, P. (2005): QuarryScapes:
conservation of ancient stone quarry landscapes in the Eastern
Mediterranean. British Egyptology Congress, Cambridge, 24-25 September.
Bloxam, E., Heldal, T. & Storemyr, P. (2006): Late Palaeolithic Origins of a Grinding Stone Industry at Aswan, Egypt. Society for American Archaeology, 71 st Annual Meeting , April 26-April 30, San Juan, Puerto Rico (presentation and abstract in proceedings)
Bloxam, E., Storemyr, P., Heldal, T. & Kelany, A. (2006): "The
myth of control": Re-assessing the role of the Egyptian state in
ancient quarrying. ASMOSIA 8 , Aix-en-Provence, June 2006. Presentation and abstract in "Book of Abstracts". Abstract online.
Degryse, P., Bloxam, E., Heldal, T., Storemyr, P. & Waelkens,
M. (2006): Quarries in the landscape : a survey of the area of
Sagalassos (SW Turkey). ASMOSIA 8 , Aix-en-Provence, June 2006. Presentation and abstract in "Book of Abstracts". Abstract online.
Heldal, T., Bloxam, E. & Storemyr, P. (2006): New evidence for the use of fire in ancient quarrying. Society for American Archaeology, 71 st Annual Meeting , April 26-April 30, San Juan, Puerto Rico (presentation and abstract in proceedings)
Heldal, T., Bloxam, E., Storemyr, P. & Kelany, A. (2006):
Interpreting a physical stone quarry landscape; the case of the Aswan
West Bank quarries, Egypt. ASMOSIA 8 , Aix-en-Provence, June 2006. Presentation and abstract in "Book of Abstracts". Abstract online.
Kelany, A. (2006): Marks of quarry workers at the Unfinished Obelisk Quarry, Aswan, Egypt. ASMOSIA 8 , Aix-en-Provence, June 2006. Presentation and abstract in "Book of Abstracts". Abstract online.
Storemyr, P., Bloxam, E., Heldal, T. & Kelany, A. (2006):
Difficulties in preserving an extensive ancient stone quarry landscape:
The Aswan West Bank Quarries (Upper Egypt). ASMOSIA 8 , Aix-en-Provence, June 2006. Presentation and abstract in "Book of Abstracts". Abstract online.
Storemyr, P., Heldal, T. & Bloxam, E. (2006): QuarryScapes:
Conservation of Ancient Stone Quarry Landscapes in the Eastern
Mediterranean. Society for American Archaeology, 71 st Annual Meeting , April 26-April 30, San Juan, Puerto Rico (presentation and abstract in proceedings)
Bloxam, E. (2007) ‘The West Bank Aswan ancient quarry landscape:
raising the significance and value of an invisible archaeological site
under threat’. British Museum International Egyptological Colloquium, 11-13 July.
Heldal T., Bloxam, E, Degryse, P, Storemyr, P. & Kelany, A.
(2007): Connecting quarries with stone. The significance of the Old
Kingdom gypsum quarries at Umm es-Sawan, Northern Faiyum, Egypt.
Norwegian Geological Society Winter Conference, Stavanger, January
Storemyr, P., Bloxam, E., Heldal, T. and Kelany, A. (2007):
Quarries and areas of rock-art, raw materials of the region. Conference:
The First Cataract: One region - Various Perspectives, Berlin, September 2-5, 2007
Storemyr, P., Bloxam, E., Heldal, T. and Kelany, A. (2007): Stone procurement and rock-art at the West Bank of Aswan, Egypt, Implement Petrology Group Conference, Department of Archaeology, University of York, UK, September 6th-11th 2007. Abstract online
Amin, N. (2007): presentation at A special presentation for the (Institut de Sciences de l'Homme) in France in April 2007
Bloxam, Elizabeth 2008: Multidisciplinary approaches to the
investigation of ancient quarries in Egypt: Enhancing our understanding
of ancient quarrying in antiquity. 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 6 - 16 August 2008
Bloxam, E. 2008: Landscape transformation and millstone quarrying
in Egypt and Norway: multi-discplinary approaches to assessing the
significance of utilitarian production. 9th Nordic Conference on the Application of Scientific Methods in Archaeology (SMIA IX) Trondheim, Norway, 11-14 September 2008
Heldal, Tom 2008: A geological approach to ancient stone quarry landscapes. 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 6 - 16 August 2008
Degryse, Patrick 2008: The Sagalassos quarry landscape: Bringing ancient quarries in context. 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 6 - 16 August 2008
TV-programmes
History Channel (2006): Ramses' Egyptian Empire, Series: Lost Worlds,
episode no. 3, originally broadcasted Monday July 24 (contribution to
the programme by QuarryScape's Adel Kelany, Elizabeth Bloxam and Per
Storemyr on the ancient quarries in Aswan)
International newsletters
‘Digging Diary’ Egyptian Archaeology Bulletin of the Egypt Exploration Society, No. 32 Spring 2008, pp. 28.
'News and Notes: Quarryscapes' Egyptian Archaeology Bulletin of the Egypt Exploration Society, No. 29: 8 Autumn 2006.
Heldal, T. (2006): Research summary: QuarryScapes — EU project on ancient quarries. ASMOSIA Newsletter , Vol. 16, Issue 2, Fall 2005/Winter 2006. Online.
Newspaper articles, Web news and Public lectures
Kalliomaeki, A. (2007): EAIS and QuarryScapes. Public lecture.
House of Sciences / University of Helsinki, Finland, Organised by the
Egyptological Society of Finland, 23.1.2007. Audience: 49
Storemyr, P. (2007): Aegyptische Steinbrueche und ihre Bedeutung
zu Zeiten der Roemer. Public Lecture attached to the special exhibition
"Wege des Steines", Vindonissa Museum, Brugg, Switzerland, 28.1.2007.
Audience: ca. 55 [English translation of title: Ancient Egyptian
Quarries and Their significance in the Roman Period]
EAIS presentation of QuarryScapes and Egyptian Quarries. Online.
Fayoum's ancient quarry under threat. Feature article by Nadja Tomoum. Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo), April 2006. Online.
Egyptian Antiquities Information system – EAIS Newsletter,
December 2005: QuarryScapes field school in Aswan. Conservation of
ancient stone quarry landscapes in Egypt. Online.
Egyptian Antiquities Information system – EAIS Newsletter, March 2006: QuarryScapes Kick-Off 30 Jan – 01 Feb 2006. Online.
Bloxam, E., Storemyr, P. & Heldal, T. (2005): QuarryScapes:
conservation of ancient stone quarry landscapes in the Eastern
Mediterranean. EES-Lecture, Egypt Exploration Society , Cairo, 7 November 2005
Presentation of the work at Sagalassos at "Archaeology's interactive dig". Online.
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