V.4 Vessel Contents as Revealed by Organic Residue Analysis

Abstract

The Scorpion I Tomb as a Case Study The Scorpion I tomb (U-j) at Abydos in Egypt, dated to ca. 3150 bc, which was excavated by an archaeological team from the German Institute of Archaeology in Cairo in 1988 (Dreyer 1999), provides an excellent example of how a well-provenienced, well-dated, well-excavated, and well-preserved archaeological context holds out good prospects for the recovery of ancient organic materials. The tomb, laid out as a model funerary house (for a scale floor plan, see ...