Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (12.2000(2001))

DAKHLEH OASIS

EGYPT

DAKHLEH OASIS
RESEARCH ON PETROGLYPHS, 2000
Lech Krzyzaniak

The research on petroglyphs in the Dakhleh Oasis, started in 1986,l) was continued in the
autumn of2000. In similarity to the previous seasons,2 3'1 the work of the Petroglyph Unit —
which is part of the research program of the Dakhleh Oasis Project (DOP) — was carried out
by the Polish Center of Archaeology (Warsaw University) in association with the Poznan
Archaeological Museum and was supported by a number of institutions N The fieldwork
started on November 17 and terminated on December 10, 2000.
The season had three key objectives:
1. Survey of the area described in the records of the Dakhleh Oasis Project as Mud Pan,
including a full recording of petroglyph sites;
2. Relocation of petroglyph site 69 found in the late 1930s;
3. Recording of site 67 discovered in the same time period.

1) The fieldwork was carried out by the author of the report, assisted by Ms Ewa Kuciewicz and Ms Eliza Jaroni, both
students of the University of Poznan.
2) Cf. L. Krzyzaniak, PAM X, Reports 1998 (1999), 131-134 (with earlier references).
3) The field party received valuable financial support from the following institutions: Polish Center of Archaeology
(Warsaw University), Dakhleh Oasis Project, Center of Archaeological Research in Africa and the Near East (Foundation of
the University of Poznan) and the Poznan Archaeological Museum. The field party wishes to express its gratitude to the
Director of the D.O.P., Prof. Anthony J. Mills, and the Director of the Polish Center of Archaeology, Prof. Michal
Gawlikowski.

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