Anna Hodgkinson

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Researcher at Freie Universität Berlin

A selection of Late Bronze Age glass objects from the site of Amarna (Egypt) was analysed for their overall chemical composition, colourants and transition metals associated with the sources of cobalt ore. The objects were analysed by means of Particle Induced X-Ray and Gamma-ray Emission and Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry at the IBC, HZDR,...

A series of archaeological experiments were carried out at the site of Tell el-Amarna, the short-lived capital city of king Akhenaten (who reigned c. 1348–1331BCE), in Middle Egypt between 2017 and 2019. These experiments, which were based on the iconographic evidence presented in two-dimensional metal-working scenes chiefly from Old Kingdom (c. 26...

This paper presents the elemental composition of a representative group of glass-working and-production samples from Amarna in the collection of the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung Berlin, obtained by quantitative laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). These analyses were carried out to verify the results fr...

This paper discusses the glass- and faience-industries of Egypt and the Ancient Near East (ANE) during the Late Bronze Age, focussing on the domestic manufacture of vitreous materials alongside the production of food in an urban setting. With a focus on Tell el-Amarna, a comparative spatial analysis of urban settlement sites in Egypt and the ANE ha...

This paper discusses a central aspect in the study of glass-working in New Kingdom Egyptian (ca. 1550–1077 BC) royal cities: the colours of the raw material, their application and symbolism. Concentrations of glass-working items are analysed spatially and statistically in order to gain information on colour preference, the administration and contro...

An area of 306 sq m was excavated in the Main City South at Tell el-Amarna between 7 October and 2 November 2017. The work focused on the area of a building complex denominated M50.14, M50.15 and M50.16 by C. L. Woolley, who initially excavated these buildings in 1922 on behalf of the Egypt Exploration Society. After an initial season of re-excavat...

Cobalt was commonly used as a colourant in the Egyptian glass industries of the 18th dynasty, dark blue glass being a regular find at palatial and settlement sites, including Amarna and Malqata. The main source of cobalt ore used during this period has been identified in the Egyptian western desert, around the oases of Kharga and Dakhla. In order t...

The city of Amarna was one giant workshop. Among its products were glass vessels and jewellery which often combined several colours. This poster presents the results of two separate archaeological experiments, based on evidence from the site of Amarna: raw glass making and bead manufacture. This poster was presented at the Amarna Study Day in May...

This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of the intra-urban distribution of high-status goods, and their production or role as a marker of the nature of the settlements known as royal cities of New Kingdom Egypt (c.1550-1069 BC). Using spatial analysis to detect patterns of artefact distribution, the study focuses on Am...

This book aims to establish knowledge of the infrastructure and organization of the excavated cities in Late Bronze Age (LBA), or New Kingdom Egypt (c.1550–1069 BC), and provide an understanding of the accessibility and control of the high-status products and the raw materials and tools used for their manufacture. This is done by analysing the dist...

The site of Gurob lies in the south-eastern section of the Faiyum region, on a desert plain, adjacent to the fertile land. It is located in the area that would have formed the entrance to the Faiyum in the New Kingdom. As with Amarna, it has also been possible to undertake a spatial analysis for Gurob, at least with the material recorded in recent...

Little is necessary in terms of an introduction, since Amarna is one of the best-known settlements of ancient Egypt. The city was founded by pharaoh Amenhotep IV, known from his fifth regal year as Akhenaten, on his move away from Thebes and Memphis to found a new religious and administrative capital city. Akhenaten reigned approximately between 13...

The eighteenth-dynasty royal city of Malqata has been selected, since much evidence has been discovered here, particularly with regard to faience-production and glass-working, and there is also limited evidence of metalworking and sculpture-production. The settlement itself dates to the reign of Amenhotep III, and more specifically to his thirtieth...

The previous chapters used object data to detect distribution patterns in the artefactual evidence of a series of industries in order to identify areas of high activity and new workshops. Furthermore, they discussed the locations and physical relationships between workshops and other industrial areas in order to understand their role in the settlem...

This paper discusses the glass-working evidence from the New Kingdom Egyptian sites Malqata and Amarna, excavated since the late 19th century. While Malqata was the Theban site of a ceremonial palace of Amenhotep III, Amarna was a newly-established capital, erected on behalf of Amenhotep's son, Akhenaten, in Middle Egypt. https://www.topoi.org/even...

This paper presents the results of a pilot study researching the usefulness of chemical analysis using portable XRF technology (pXRF) on Late Bronze Age (LBA) plant ash glasses from Tell el-Amarna based on 68 objects from the collection of the Egyptian Museum, Berlin. Since the beginning of the 20th century, excavations at Amarna have yielded num...

This paper presents the results of a pilot study researching the usefulness of chemical analysis using portable XRF technology (pXRF) on Late Bronze Age (LBA) plant ash glasses from Tell el-Amarna in Middle Egypt. 68 objects from the collection of the Egyptian Museum, Berlin have been analysed and the data evaluated in preparation for a season of c...

Anna K. Hodgkinson reports on the glass finds from recent seasons at Tell el-Amarna and the uses of X-ray fluorescence in their analysis: determining and comparing their chemical composition may allow to trace trade networks across the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean. http://ees.ac.uk/userfiles/file/EA%2048_Hodgkinson.pdf

This paper presents the archaeological evidence of glass manufacture and -working from the New Kingdom Egyptian site of Tell el-Amarna. Excavations near the Central City, at site O45.1 have uncovered industrial high-temperature workshops that were probably under royal control. Simultaneously, a multitude of domestic complexes throughout the Main Ci...

Report on archaeological work undertaken in 2014 at the site M50.14-16 in Tell el-Amarna. Re-excavation of a jewellery (glass, faience, agate) workshop initially excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society in 1922. http://www.annahodgkinson.co.uk/Hodgkinson_JGS_57_2015_Amarna_M50.pdf

This paper presents the results of a season of fieldwork undertaken in the southern Main City at Tell el-Amarna in October and November 2014. The work, which encompassed both re-excavation and new excavation, focussed on the area of a building complex denominated M50.14-16 by C.L. Woolley, who initially excavated these buildings in 1922 on behalf o...

This paper demonstrates how Oxford Archaeology have successfully adopted open source geospatial software, in particular the desktop GIS packages gvSIG and Quantum GIS (QGIS) in an active move away from proprietary mapping software such as CAD or ArcGIS. Open source GIS has been successfully applied for the visualisation and analysis of archaeologic...

This paper demonstrates how Oxford Archaeology have successfully adopted open source geospatial software, in particular the desktop GIS packages gvSIG and Quantum GIS (QGIS) in an active move away from proprietary mapping software such as CAD or ArcGIS. Open source GIS has been successfully applied for the visualisation and analysis of archaeologic...