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A century ago, Charles Leonard Woolley directed the first excavations at Amarna site M50.14–16, identifying it as a workshop for glass and faience. However, the archaeological record and its publication in The City of Akhenaten I were somewhat superficial. New excavations conducted by the Amarna Project in 2014 and 2017 yielded extensive evidence of glass-, faience-, stone-, and metalworking, reaffirming the site’s role as a workshop. These investigations also illuminated its domestic character, uncovering valuable data on houses and other structural remains. This volume presents a near-complete record of the site, offering a comprehensive archaeological and architectural evaluation alongside in-depth analyses of material culture, including archaeobotany, charcoal, animal bones, ceramics, and other artefacts. The individual chapters reconstruct the chaînes opératoires of various craft production activities. Additionally, the organisation of production and the concept of cross-craft interaction are explored, as the site is situated within the broader industrial network of Amarna. This volume furthermore provides an in-depth examination of the inhabitants' roles and daily lives, enriching our understanding of this significant site. EES Research Reports 121

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Anna K. Hodgkinson is an Egyptologist, based at Freie Universität Berlin. She holds a PhD from the University of Liverpool (2014), having also studied at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on craft production, especially regarding vitreous materials (glass and faience) in addition to household- and settlement archaeology. Her post-doctoral research, which has been funded by a variety of sources including the German Research Foundation (DFG), has frequently employed spatial, chemical and functional analysis towards the understanding of craft production at Egyptian settlement sites. She has conducted extensive fieldwork at New Kingdom settlement sites in Egypt, including Amarna (where she is presently active), Gurob and Qantir/Pi-Ramesse.

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