Description: Different ideas of what constitutes an archaeological site have developed over two centuries of scholarship and heritage law in Egypt, with sites often (unconsciously) conceived as lands with museum-quality pieces and striking monumental, mortuary, and/or epigraphic remains.
Brief description: Joshua R. Trampier received his Ph.D. in Egyptian Archaeology and Egyptology from the University of Chicago in 2010. He has worked in archaeology for fourteen years and in Egypt for over a decade. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the University of Chicago in remote sensing, GIS, and ancient Egyptian culture. He is currently a Research Assistant with the Center for Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes (CAMEL).
Review Quotes: "The field work conducted by the author is methodologically exemplary, providing a benchmark for future survey work in the Nile floodplain. In doing so, numerous new questions, methodological and historical, are raised, which is likewise beneficial for scholarship." Robert Schiestl, Journal of Near Eastern Studies