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Papers by Bethany Becktell

Revisiting Port Royal: Digital Archiving of Port Royal Artifacts Using PastPerfect Museum Software, 2022

Working in partnership with the Anthropology Department's Nautical Archaeology Program, the non-p... more Working in partnership with the Anthropology Department's Nautical Archaeology Program, the non-profit Institute of Nautical Archaeology, and other research institutions, CMAC strives to be in the forefront of maritime archaeological research around the world. The opinions expressed in CMAC News & Reports are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of CMAC or Texas A&M University. Visit our website to download a full color edition and learn more about our team and our research, http://nautarch.tamu.edu/cmac/.

This short paper summarizes current progress on the (re)digitization efforts of the Port Royal collection at Texas A&M for the eventual repatriation of the artifacts back to Jamaica.

This personal project was undertaken for the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) Part II certifica... more This personal project was undertaken for the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) Part II certification. The project was undertaken during a field school in Traverse City, Michigan, under the guidance of Dr. Mark Holley at Northwestern Michigan College. The shipwreck is located in Northport, Michigan.

Master's Thesis - New York University, 2014

The following pages are a Master’s thesis titled, Pharaohs’ Harbors: Early Pharaonic Ports on the... more The following pages are a Master’s thesis titled, Pharaohs’ Harbors: Early Pharaonic Ports on the Red Sea Coast. The thesis examines the three main pharaonic harbors along the Red Sea – Wadi el-Jarf, Ayn Soukhna, and Mersa Gawasis – and the characteristics that define these harbor structures. The major components of the thesis include an overview of the three sites chronologically; comparative analysis of the major features of the galleries as well as the materials found throughout the sites (e.g., ceramics, organic materials); a comparison of the local structures with the workers’ villages at Giza; a discussion focusing on the possibility of Wadi el-Jarf and Ayn Soukhna as departure points for Punt; and concluding remarks on what defines an Egyptian harbor.
This thesis was written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a MA in the Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies program at New York University in 2014. The author acknowledges that recent developments and discoveries at the respective sites have since occurred since the thesis’ completion that may have addressed inquiries/statements presented by the author.

Keywords: Egypt, archaeology, ports, harbors, galleries, Red Sea, Wadi-el Jarf, Ayn Soukhna, Mersa Gawasis, Punt, Giza

Conference Presentations by Bethany Becktell

Revisiting Port Royal: Digital Archiving of Port Royal Artifacts Using PastPerfect Museum Software, 2022

Working in partnership with the Anthropology Department's Nautical Archaeology Program, the non-p... more Working in partnership with the Anthropology Department's Nautical Archaeology Program, the non-profit Institute of Nautical Archaeology, and other research institutions, CMAC strives to be in the forefront of maritime archaeological research around the world. The opinions expressed in CMAC News & Reports are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of CMAC or Texas A&M University. Visit our website to download a full color edition and learn more about our team and our research, http://nautarch.tamu.edu/cmac/.

This short paper summarizes current progress on the (re)digitization efforts of the Port Royal collection at Texas A&M for the eventual repatriation of the artifacts back to Jamaica.

This personal project was undertaken for the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) Part II certifica... more This personal project was undertaken for the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) Part II certification. The project was undertaken during a field school in Traverse City, Michigan, under the guidance of Dr. Mark Holley at Northwestern Michigan College. The shipwreck is located in Northport, Michigan.

Master's Thesis - New York University, 2014

The following pages are a Master’s thesis titled, Pharaohs’ Harbors: Early Pharaonic Ports on the... more The following pages are a Master’s thesis titled, Pharaohs’ Harbors: Early Pharaonic Ports on the Red Sea Coast. The thesis examines the three main pharaonic harbors along the Red Sea – Wadi el-Jarf, Ayn Soukhna, and Mersa Gawasis – and the characteristics that define these harbor structures. The major components of the thesis include an overview of the three sites chronologically; comparative analysis of the major features of the galleries as well as the materials found throughout the sites (e.g., ceramics, organic materials); a comparison of the local structures with the workers’ villages at Giza; a discussion focusing on the possibility of Wadi el-Jarf and Ayn Soukhna as departure points for Punt; and concluding remarks on what defines an Egyptian harbor.
This thesis was written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a MA in the Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies program at New York University in 2014. The author acknowledges that recent developments and discoveries at the respective sites have since occurred since the thesis’ completion that may have addressed inquiries/statements presented by the author.

Keywords: Egypt, archaeology, ports, harbors, galleries, Red Sea, Wadi-el Jarf, Ayn Soukhna, Mersa Gawasis, Punt, Giza