A condensed version of Dr Desmond Brioght’s PhD thesis of 2005, Dating Funerary Stelae of the Twelfth Dynasty: A Statistical Study is now available for download. The files are in PDF format, read with Acrobat Reader.

 

The material is available in two forms:

 

1. A single file containing the whole document – 102 pages, 17 megabytes
2. Separate files for individual sections and chapters:
1. Preface, Introduction, Acknowledgements
2. Chapter 1 – Literature Survey
3. Chapter 2 – Evolution of Features
4. Chapter 3 – Databases from Dated Stelae
5. Chapter 4 – Analytical Details
6. Chapter 5 – Testing the Decision Tree
7. Chapter 6 – Selecting Stelae for Further Tests
8. Chapter 7 – Using Decision Trees
9. Chapter 8 – Conclusions
10. Bibliography

 

I appreciate Dr Bright’s generosity in making this significant document available. Subject to the agreement of Professor Kanawati, I am happy to add any suitable reference material to this collection.

 

Tom Lockley