Published November 26, 2020 | Version v2.0
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Least cost network data for ancient camel transportation in the Eastern desert of Egypt - Desert Networks HiSoMA CNRS

  • 1. HiSoMA, CNRS UMR 5189, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, 69007 Lyon, France
  • 1. HiSoMA, CNRS UMR 5189, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, 69007 Lyon, France
  • 2. Trismegistos, KU Leuven, Belgium & HiSoMA, Lyon, France
  • 3. CNRS, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, 69007 Lyon, France

Description

This repository contains the data necessary for the realization of a least cost network for camel transport during antiquity (Ptolemaic and Roman period) in the Egyptian eastern desert. The details of the network construction and data processing can be found in the the associated paper and datapaper.

Study paper:
Manière, L., Crépy, M., Redon, B. (2020) Building a Model to reconstruct the Hellenistic and Roman Road Networks of the Eastern desert of Egypt, a Semi-Empirical Approach Based on Modern Travelers’ Itineraries. DOI : http://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.67

Datapaper:
Manière, L., Crépy, M., Redon, B. (2020) Geospatial data from the “Modelling the Hellenistic and Roman Road Networks of the Eastern desert of Egypt, a Semi-Empirical Approach Based on Modern Travelers’ Itineraries” paper. DOI : http://doi.org/10.5334/joad.71

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Funding

Desert Networks – Into the Eastern Desert of Egypt from the New Kingdom to the Roman period 759078
European Commission