Bibliography

 

Home
Egyptian Furniture
Woodworking
Research and News
Furniture in Museums
Bibliography

GEOFFREY KILLEN

PUBLICATIONS 2009  -  1975

Jones, J. and Killen, G.P. ed. Engel, E.V., Müller, V. and Hartung, U. "New Evidence of Jar Storage and Stabilisation Techniques Found in the Spoil Heaps Associated with the Tomb of Den", Ziechen aus dem Sand, Streiflicher aus Ägyptens Geschichte ze Ehren von Günter Dreyer. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2008.

Killen, G.P. ed. Selin, H. "Woodworking in Egypt", Encyclopedia of the History of Non-Western Science: Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine, Springer, 2006.

Killen, G.P. ed. Fagan. B.M. " Furniture – Chapter 15", The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World", 71-75, Thames and Hudson, 2004.

Killen, G.P. "Ancient Try and Mitre Squares", TATHS, Newsletter 80, Tools and Trades History Society, Spring 2003.

Killen, G.P. "Woodworking in Ancient Egypt - the skills of ancient artisans- Part Three: Measurement, Scale and Proportionality of Ancient Egyptian Furniture", Ancient Egypt Magazine, 32 - 35, Manchester, January/February, 2003.

Killen, G.P. ed. Eldamaty M. and Trad, M. "John Garstang’s Discovery of Wooden Furniture at the Middle Kingdom Necropolis of Beni Hasan", 645-656, Egyptian Museum Collections around the World, Studies for the Centennial of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, American University in Cairo Press, 2002.

Killen, G.P. Ancient Egyptian Furniture, Volume I, Aris and Phillips, Warminster, Wiltshire, 1980. (reprinted 2002).

Killen, G.P. "Woodworking in Ancient Egypt - the skills of ancient artisans- Part Two: Materials and Decorative Techniques", Ancient Egypt Magazine, 24 - 28, Manchester, November/December, 2002.

Killen, G.P. "Woodworking in Ancient Egypt - the skills of ancient artisans- Part One: Tools and Processes", Ancient Egypt Magazine, 24 - 29, Manchester, September/October, 2002.

Killen, G.P. " Furniture " and " Woodworking ", The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egypt, 580 – 586, 516 – 519, New York, 2001.

Killen, G.P. ed. Nicholson. P, and Shaw, I. " Woodworking ", Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, 353 – 371, Cambridge University Press. 2000.

Killen, G.P. " The Decoration and Embellishment of Ancient Egyptian Furniture, Part 2, 354 – 361, The Magazine Antiques, New, York, 1997.

Killen, G.P. " Wood Turning in Ancient Egypt ", The Journal of the Tools and Trades History Society, No. 10. 1997.

Killen, G.P. " The Style and Development of Ancient Egyptian Furniture ", The Magazine Antiques, Part 1, 574 – 581, New, York, April 1997.

Killen, G.P. " Le Travail du Bois et ses Techniques dans L' Egypte Ancienne ", Egypte, Afrique and Orient, No. 3. 2 - 7. 1997.

Killen, G.P. ed. Herrman. G. " Ancient Egyptian Carpentry, its Tools and Techniques ", The Furniture of Western Asia, Philippe von Zabern, 13 - 20. pls. 5 - 9. 1996.

Killen, G.P. " Furniture, Furniture in Antiquity " Encyclopaedia Americana, ( 1994 ), 188 -190. 1995.

Killen, G.P. Egyptian Woodworking and Furniture, Shire Publications, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, 1994.

Killen, G.P. Ancient Egyptian Furniture, Volume II, Aris and Phillips, Warminster, Wiltshire, 1994.

Killen, G.P. " Middle Kingdom Seats", Furniture History Journal, ( 1993 ) 1-6.

Killen, G.P. Ancient Egyptian Furniture, Volume I, Aris and Phillips, Warminster, Wiltshire, 1980.

Killen, G.P. " The Evolution of Tools and Furniture VII, The Middle Kingdom ", Woodworker, ( December 1976 ), 380-381, 384.

Killen, G.P. " The Evolution of Tools and Furniture VI, The Furniture of Queen Hetepheres I ", Woodworker, ( August 1976 ), 237- 240.

Killen, G.P. " The Evolution of Tools and Furniture V, The Stool and Chair", Woodworker, ( March 1976 ), 88-90.

Killen, G.P. " The Evolution of Tools and Furniture IV, Tools of the Archaic Period ", Woodworker, ( January 1976 ), 22-23, 32.

Killen, G.P. " The Gem Work of Ancient Egypt ", Gem Craft, ( 1975 ), 580-582.

Killen, G.P. " Antique Crossbow ", Woodworker, ( December 1975 ), 370-372.

Killen, G.P. " The Evolution of Tools and Furniture III, The Earliest Saws", Woodworker, (December 1975), 365-366.

Killen, G.P. " The Evolution of Tools and Furniture II, The Earliest Furniture", Woodworker,   (November 1975), 330-332.

Killen, G.P. " The Evolution of Tools and Furniture I, AD or BC?", Woodworker, ( October 1975 ), 314 - 315.

CLASSES AND LECTURES

 

" Ancient Egyptian Woodworking: Tools and Techniques", School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, The University of Liverpool,  27th October, 2008.

" Ancient Egyptian Woodworking: Tools and Techniques",  The University of Swansea,  29th October, 2008.

" Ancient Egyptian Woodworking: Tools and Techniques",  The University of Swansea,  30th October, 2008.

 

"Ancient Egyptian Woodworking: Tools and Techniques", Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society,  The Allen Laboratory, The University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus (Pepper Lane Entrance), Reading, Berkshire. 12th April 2008. Lecture begins 2.00 pm.

Demonstration of Ancient Egyptian Woodworking. BEC2 Conference, The University of Liverpool, 15th March 2008.

"Ancient Furniture and Revivals Symposium", Furniture History Society at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 23rd February 2008.

Ancient Egyptian Woodworking: Tools and Techniques", Cambridge Egyptology Seminar, MacDonald Institute, The University of Cambridge,  23rd January 2008.

" Ancient Egyptian Woodworking: Tools and Techniques", Liverpool Egyptology Seminar, School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, The University of Liverpool,  22nd October, 2007.

" Ancient Egyptian Woodworking: Tools and Techniques", Liverpool Egyptology Seminar, School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, The University of Liverpool,  23rd October, 2006.

" John Garstang's Discovery of Wooden Furniture at the Middle Kingdom Necropolis of Beni Hasan", The Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24th October, 2002.

" Ancient Egyptian Furniture " and " Woodworking Techniques ", The Bard Graduate Center, New York, 23rd October, 2002.

"Ancient Egyptian Woodworking", Letchworth Museum, Hertfordshire - North Herts. Archaeological Society, 17th October 2001.

" Ancient Egyptian Woodworking ", The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 21, 1997.

" Ancient Egyptian Furniture " and " Woodworking Techniques ", The Bard Graduate Center, New York, February 19, 1997.

" Carpentry in Ancient Egypt ", March 20, 1996, Department of Egyptology, University College, London.

" Ancient Egyptian Furniture " and " Woodworking Techniques ", The Bard Graduate Center, New York, February 20, 1995.

" Carpentry in Ancient Egypt ", January 18, 1994, Department of Egyptology, University College, London.

" The Furniture of Western Asia - Ancient Egyptian Carpentry, its Tools and Techniques ", June 28 - 30 1993, The Institute of Archaeology - University College, London.

" Woodworking in Ancient Egyptian ", The Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, 1992.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

British Academy Scientific Research Grant, Research into dating turned wood by Radio Carbon dating, 1996 - 1997.

British Academy Research Grant, Research into the turning of wood in Ancient Egypt, 1996 -1997.

Samuel H. Kress Foundation Grant, Travel grant for lectures at the Bard Graduate Center and study in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum. 1995.

Thomas Mulvey Fund, University of Cambridge, Travel and accommodation grant to study and prepare technical drawings in Cairo. 1990.

Robert Davies Memorial Grant, Travel grant to catalogue the furniture in the Journal Entree ( JE ), of the Egyptian Antiquities Museum, Cairo. 1976.

 

© Geoffrey Killen 2009