Estudio de las reutilizaciones de los espacios funerarios del Egipto antiguo desde una perspectiva del análisis del registro arqueológico

Abstract

Funerary structures were divided into different areas (courtyard, chambers, corridors and shafts). These were conceived to convey an iconographic program, bury human remains, present offerings and carry out rituals during or after the burial. Archaeological studies carried out in different tombs indicate that the reuse of the funerary spaces was a frequent practice. In most cases, the reuse had again a funerary purpose, using the tomb for a new burial or for different rituals. However, in other cases the tomb was used with other purposes related to habitat or workshops. During the 15th archaeological season of the Djehuty Project in Dra Abu el-Naga (Luxor) in 2016, a rock-cut tomb (SMDAN 1030) was excavated, dating to the end of the Eighteenth or to the Nineteenth Dynasty. This tomb provided some significant examples of reuse of funerary spaces. This paper focuses on the study of the reuses of funerary spaces from the perspective of the analysis of the archaeological record, based on the excavation of this tomb.