Dr.
David Aston
associated
RG »Archaeology in Egypt and Sudan«
Contact
Email: david.aston(at)oeaw.ac.at
Telephone: +43 1 51581-6111
Location: Hollandstraße 11–13, 5th floor | 1020 Vienna
Research Projects
- »Tell el-Dab’a: Chronological Evaluation of Ceramic Typologies from Ezbet Helmi, Area H/VI«
- »Tell el-Dab’a: Ceramic Deposition L81- Documentation and Evaluation«
- »Pottery and the Valley of the Kings: ›The Remains of Objects Not Worth Describing‹«
- Pottery Handbook of the New Kingdom
Research interests
- Funerary Archaeology: Third Intermediate – Persian Periods
- New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period Chronology
- Egyptian Pottery from the Second Intermediate Period to the early Ptolemaic Period
Publications
Journal Publication (10)
- Aston, David (2020) Hot Water Technology in Ancient Egypt - A Possible Use for Briquettes en terre cuite. Bulletin de Liaison de la Céramique Égyptienne, Bd. 29, S. 321-337.
- Aston, David (2014) Radiocarbon, Wine Jars and New Kingdom. Ägypten und Levante, Bd. 22-23, S. 289-315.
- Aston, D. (2013) Report on the Pottery found by “MISR: Mission Siptah – Ramses X” University of Basel, Switzerland. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l`Égypte, Kairo, Bd. 00, S. 00-00.
- Aston, David A. (2013) TT 320 and the qAy of Queen Inhapi – A Reconsideration Based on Ceramic Evidence. Göttinger Miszellen 235, Bd. 2013, S. 7-20.
- Aston, D.A.; Sourouzian, H.; et al, (2012) The Pottery, Recent Work at Kom el-Hittan. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l`Égypte, Kairo, Bd. 00, S. xx.
- Aston, David A. (2011) Blue Painted Pottery of the Late Eighteenth Dynasty. The material from the Tomb of Maya and Meryt at Saqqara. Cahier de la Céramique Égyptienne, Kairo, Bd. 2011, S. 1–35.
- Aston, D.A.; Bader, B. (2009) Ringstands, Nudes and Hippos. A Preliminary Report on the Contents of L81. Ägypten & Levante, Bd. 19, S. 48.
- Aston, D.A. (2008) The Pottery. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l`Égypte, Kairo, Bd. 81.
- Aston, D. (2007) Amphorae, Storage Jars and Kegs from Elephantine. A Brief Survey of Vessels from the Eighth – Seventh Centuries BC. to the Seventh - Eighth Centuries AD. Cahier de la Céramique Égyptienne, Kairo (8), S. 419-446.
- Sourouzian, H. et al; Aston, D. Report on the 2007 excavations at Kom el Hitan: The Pottery. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l`Égypte, Kairo (81), S. 50-60.
Book/Monograph (7)
- Aston, Barbara G.; Aston David A. (2023) The Tomb of Maya and Meryt III The New Kingdom Pottery. In Reihe: Egypt Exploration Society, Excavation Memoir 117; London: The Egypt Exploration Society.
- Aston, David (2015) Pottery recovered near the tombs of Seti I (KV17) and Siptah (KV 47) in the Valley of the Kings. In Reihe: Aegytiaca Helvetica; Basel: Schwabe (181 Seiten).
- Aston, D.; Bietak, M. (2012) Tell el-Dab'a VIII. The Classification and Chronology of Tell el-Yahudiya Ware. With contributions by Aren Maeir, Robert Mullins, Lawrence E. Stager, Ross Voss, Hanan Charaf and Mary Ownby. In Reihe: Untersuchungen der zweigstelle Kairo des Österreichischen Archäoligischen Instituts 12, hrsg. v. Bietak, M.; Vienna: ÖAW (676 Seiten).
- Aston, David. A. (2009) Burial Assemblages of Dynasty 21-25 – Chronology – Typology – Developments. In Reihe: Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean 21, hrsg. v. Bietak, Manfred; Vienna: ÖAW (498 Seiten).
- Aston, D.A.; Aston, B.G. (2009) Late Period Pottery from the New Kingdom Necropolis at Saqqâra., Bd. 19, hrsg. v. Egypt, Exploration Society; London: Egypt Exploration Society.
- Aston, D.A. (2008) The Pottery. Untersuchungen im Totentempel des Merenptah in Theben, Band IV. In Reihe: Beiträge zur Ägyptischen Bauforschung und Altertumskunde 17; Mainz: Zabern (426 Seiten).
- D.A.Aston, J. Bourriau, M.J. Raven and R. van Walsem (2005) The MemphiteTomb of Horemheb III. The New Kingdom Pottery. In Reihe: EES Excavation Memoir 71; London: Egypt Exploration Society.
Conference Contribution: Publication in Proceedings (5)
- Aston, David (2021) The Royal Cache: A History of TT 320. In: Rogério Sousa, Alessia Amenta, Kathlyn M. Cooney (Hrsg.), Bab el-Gasus in Context. Rediscovering the Tomb of the Priests of Amun; Rome.
- Aston, David (2018) How Early (and How Late) can Khyan really be? An Essay based on "Conventional Archaeological Methods". In: Forstner-Müller, Irene, Moeller, Nadine (Hrsg.), The Hyksos Ruler Khyan and the early Second Intermediate Period in Egypt: Problems and Priorities of Current Research In Reihe: Ergänzungshefte zu den Jahresheften des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes, hrsg. v. ÖAI, S. 15-55.
- Aston, D. (2009) Theban Potmarks. Nothing other than funny signs ?. In: Kaper, O.; Haring, B. (Hrsg.), Pictograms or Pseudo-Scripts, Acts of a Congress on Non-Textual Communication Systems (First International Conference on 'Non-Textual Marking Systems and Pseudo-Script) In Reihe: Egyptological Publications 25; Leiden: Peeters, S. 49-65.
- Aston, D.A. (2008) A History of Tell el-Yahudieh Typology. In: Bietak, M.; Czerny, E. (Hrsg.), The Bronze Age in the Lebanon. Strudies on the Archaeology and Chronology of Lebanon, Syria and Egypt (BRONZE AGE IN THE LEBANON, Beirut, 10th of June 2002 – 17th of June 2002) In Reihe: Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean, hrsg. v. Bietak, M.; Hunger, H.; Vienna: ÖAW, S. 30.
- Aston, D. (2006) Kom Rabica, Ezbet Helmi, and Saqqara NK 3507. A Study in Cross-Dating. In: M. Bietak, E. Czerny (Hrsg.), The Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium BC. III. Proceedings of the SCIEM 2000 – 2nd EuroConference, Vienna, 28th of May–1st of June 2003 In Reihe: Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean, hrsg. v. M. Bietak, H. Hunger; vienna: ÖAW.
Contribution in Collection (26)
- Aston, David A. (2022) The earliest Tombs in the Valley of the Kings: A Ceramic Perspective. In: Davies, Nozomu Kawai; Benedict (Hrsg.), The Star who appears in Thebes. Studies in Honour of Jiro Kondo; Wallasey, S. 11-41.
- Aston, David (2021) The Pottery. In: Bickel, S. (Hrsg.), Räuber – Priester – Königskinder. Die Gräber KV 40 und KV 64 im Tal der Könige, Band 1. Die beschrifteten Objekte der 18. Dynastie und die Keramik; Basel, S. 255 - 424.
- Aston, D.A. (2021) Un animal sauvage dans l'Égypte Hyksos. Crocodiles in L81. In: W. Claes, M. de Meyer, H. Willems (Hrsg.); Leuven, S. 29-47.
- Aston, D.A. (2021) The Pottery. In: H. Jenni, A. Dorn, E. Paulin-Grothe (Hrsg.), Das Grab der Königin Tiaa im Tal der Könige (KV 32); Basel, S. 69-89.
- Aston, David (2020) The Third Intermediate Period. In: Bloxam, Ian Shaw and Elizabeth (Hrsg.), The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology. Aufl.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, S. 684-719.
- Aston, David (2020) 'It was found that the Thieves had violated them all' Grave disturbance in Late New Kingdom Thebes. In: Aspöck, E., Klevnäs, A., Müller-Scheeßel, N. (Hrsg.), Grave Disturbances. The Archaeology of Post-depositional Interactions with the Dead; Oxford: Oxbow, S. 225-244.
- Aston, David (2020) Pottery of the Egyptian New Kingdom: A Study. Eighteenth Dynasty Nile Clay Storage Jars from the Valley of the Kings. In: A.R. Warfe, J.C.R. Gill, C.R. Hamilton, A.J. Pettman, D.A. Stewart (Hrsg.), Dust, Demons and Pots. Studies in Honour of Colin A. Hope, S. 1-24.
- Aston, D.A. (2020) Putting One's Feet up under the Palm Trees. Some Examples of Ceramic Sculpture from Tell el-Dab'a Locus 81. In: K. Gabler, R. Gautschy, L. Bohnenkämper, H. Jenni, et al. (Hrsg.), Text - Bild - Objekte im archäologischen Kontext: Festschrift für Susanne Bickel; Hamburg, S. 1-15.
- Aston, David (2017) The Third Cache – Myth or Reality. In: C. Jurman, B. Bader, D.A. Aston (Hrsg.), A True Scribe of Abydos. Essays on First Millennium Egypt in Honour of Anthony Leahy; Leuven, Paris, Walpole, MA: Peeters.
- Aston, David; Bietak, Manfred (2017) Nubians in the Nile Delta: À propos Avaris and Peru-Nefer. In: N. Spencer, A. Stevens und M. Binder (Hrsg.), Nubia in the New Kingdom: Lived experience, pharaonic control and indigenous traditions; Leuven, Paris, Walpole, MA: Peeters, S. 491-523.
- Aston, David (2017) The Bab el-Gusus (Second Deir el-Bahari Cache) Tomb Groups. In: Sheikholeslami, C. (Hrsg.), Forgotten Discovery. Tomb of the Priests and Priestesses of Amun; Cairo.
- Aston, David A. (2016) A Possible Twenty-Square Game (?) and other Varia from L81. In: H. Franzmeier, Th. Rehren, R. Schulz (Hrsg.); Hildesheim, S. 25-42.
- Aston, David A. (2016) In Vino Veritas. A Docketed History of the New Kingdom between Year 1 or Tuthmosis III and Year 1 of Ramesses II. In: Dijk, J. van (Hrsg.), Another Mouthful of Dust, Egyptological Studies in Honour of Geoffrey Thorndike Martin; Leuven, S. 1-41.
- Aston, David A. (2016) The Faces of the Hyksos: Ceramic Sculpture in the Fifteenth Dynasty. In: Arnold, Di.; Oppenheim, A.; Goelet, O. (Hrsg.), Fs Dorothea Arnold; New York, S. 103-116.
- Aston, David (2015) The copy of a copy of a copy, or an imitation Kamares ware vessel in Tell el-Dab'a. In: Pilgrim, A. Jimenez Serrano and C. von (Hrsg.), From the Delta to the Cataract, Studies dedicated to the Cataract; Leiden, Boston: Brill, S. 1-8.
- Aston, David (2014) Royal Burials at Thebes in the First Millennium BC. In: E. Pischikova, J. Budka, K. Griffin (Hrsg.), Thebes in the First Millennium BC; Newcastle: Cambridge Scholarly Publications, S. 15-60.
- Aston, David A. (2013) Mother’s Best Tea Service. Pottery as Diplomatic Gifts in the Second Intermediate Period. In: Bader, B.; Ownby, M. (Hrsg.), Functional Aspects of Egyptian Ceramics within their Egyptological Context; Leuven: Peeters, S. 375-401.
- Aston, D.A. (2012) From the Deep South to the Far North: Nubian Sherds from Khatana and Ezbet Helmi (Tell el-Daba). In: Rose, I. Forstner-Müller and P. (Hrsg.), Nubian Pottery from Egyptian Cultural Contexts of the Middle and Early New Kingdom. Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Austrian Archaeological Institute at Cairo, 1–12 December 2010; Vienna: Austrian Archaeological Institute, S. 159-179.
- Aston, D.A. (2012) Cypriote Pottery and Its Imitations from Hebwa IV. In: M. Gruber, S. Ahituv, G. Lehmann and Z. Talshir (Hrsg.), All The Wisdom of the East. Studies in Near Eastern Archaeology and History in Honor of Eliezer D. Oren; Friburg: University of Friburg, S. 13-56.
- Aston, David A. (2011) Theban Funerary Customs, ca. 950–650 BC. In: Bacs, T.; Schreiber, G.; Hawass, Z. (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the Colloquium on Theban Archaeology at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, November 5, 2009; Cairo, S. 9–32.
- Aston, David A. (2011) The LH IIIA2-B Transition: The Gurob and Saqqara Evidence Reassessed. In: Gauss, W.; al., et (Hrsg.), Our Cups Are Full: Pottery and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age. Papers Presented to Jeremy B. Rutter on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday; athens: american school of classical studies at athens.
- Aston, David A. (2011) t3 pXrt wty The Saqqara Embalmers’ Caches Reconsidered; Typology and Chronology. In: Aston, D.; Bader, B.; Gallorini, C.; Nicholson, P.; Buckingham, S. (Hrsg.), Under the Potter’s Tree. Studies on Ancient Egypt Presented to Janine Bouirriau on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday; Leuven: Peeters, S. 45-74.
- Aston, D. (2011) The Pottery from sector L49 at Heracleopolis Magna. In: Die, C. Perez (Hrsg.), Ehnasya el Medina, Egipto. La necropolis "real" del Tercer Periodo Intermedio y su reutilización; madrid, S. 28-83.
- Aston, D. (2008) A Taste of Honey, mnt- and mdqt-vessels in the Late Eighteenth Dynasty. In: Schneider, T.; Szpakowska, K. (Hrsg.), Egyptian Stories. A British Egyptological Tribute to Alan B. Lloyd on the Occasion of his Retirement; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, S. 13–31.
- Aston, D.; Jeffreys, D.G. (2007) Memphis: Archaeological Report III.
- Aston, D. (2006) Making a Splash. Ceramic Decoration in the Reigns of Tuthmosis III and Amenophis II. In: E. Czerny, I. Hein, H. Hunger, D. Melman, A. Schwab (Hrsg.), Timelines. Studies in Honour of Manfred Bietak, Band 1; Leuven: Peeters.
Editorship (2)
- C. Jurman, B. Bader, D.A. Aston (Hrsg.) (2017) A true scribe of Abydos. Studies on the First Millennium in Honour of Anthony Leahy. In Reihe: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; Leuven, Paris, Walpole, MA: Peeters.
- Aston, D.; Bader, B.; Buckingham, S.; Gallorini, C.; Nicholson, P. (Hrsg.) (2011) Under the Potter’s Tree. Studies on Ancient Egypt Presented to Janine Bourriau on the occasion of her 70th Birthday. In Reihe: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 204; Leuven: Peeters (1036 Seiten).