Publications of Barbara Adams

1964

Bishop, B., Bones in My Soul. Ilfracombe: Arthur H Stockwell, 1964.

1969

Adams, B., Birds and the Pharaohs [in:] Birds of the World, Part 5, vol.4. 1969, pp. 1134-1138.

1974

Adams, B., Ancient Hierakonpolis. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1974.
Adams, B., Ancient Hierakonpolis Supplement. Warminster: Aris & Philips, 1974.
Brill, R.H.; Barnes, I.L. & Adams, B., Lead Isotopes in some Ancient Egyptian Objects [in:] Bishay, A. (ed.), Recent Advances in Science and Technology of Materials, vol. 3, The Proceedings of the Second Cairo Solid State Conference Held in Cairo, Egypt, April 21-26, 1973. Bd. 3). New York/London: Plenum Press, 1974, pp. 9-27.
Adams, B., Review of “P. Tompkins, Secrets of the Great Pyramid”. New Scientist 62, n° 875 (May 1974).
Adams, B., Review of “K. Mendelssohn, The Riddle of the Pyramids”. New Scientist 62, n° 897 (May, 1974).

1975

Adams, B., Petrie’s Manuscript Notes on the Foundation Deposits of Tuthmosis III. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 61 (1975), pp. 102-111.
Adams, B., Review of “L.V. Grinsell, Barrow, Pyramid and Tomb”. New Scientist 66, n° 954 (June 1975).

1976

Adams, B., Thomas, A., (English translation and adaptation of) Guide Poche Univers Marcus, Egypt. Cairo: Lehnert & Landrock, 1976.

1977

Adams, B. et. al., Guide to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (Pamphlet). London: Petrie Museum of Archaeology, 1977, revised 1981, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1999.
Adams, B., Hierakonpolis [in:] Helck, W. & Otto, E. (eds.), Lexikon der Ägyptologie, Band II. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1977, kol. 1182-1186.

1978

Adams, B., Egyptian Objects in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1978.

1979

Hall, R. & Adams, B., New Exhibitions in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. The Museum Archaeologist 4 (December 1979), pp. 9-12.
Adams, B., Preliminary Report on unusual Pottery Fragments from the Temple at Koptos. Bulletin de Liaison du Groupe international d’Étude de la Céramique égyptienne 4 (1979), pp. 25-26.

1980

Adams, B., A Lettuce for Min. Göttinger Miszellen 37 (1980), pp. 9-15.
Adams, B., The Re-Discovery of the Koptos Lions. London Federation of Museums and Art Galleries Newsletter, no.3 (December 1980), pp. 3.3-3.4.
Adams, B., Cat Figures Added to Petrie Exhibition. UCL The Bulletin (February 1980), p. 7.

1981

Adams, B., Thomas, A., (English revision of) Guide Poche Univers Marcus, Egypt. Paris: Editions Marcus, 1981.
Adams, B., The Petrie Museum. Popular Archaeology (February 1981), p. 6.

1982

Hoffman, M.A.; Lupton, C.; Adams, B., Excavations at Locality 6 [in:] Hoffman, M.A. et al., The Predynastic of Hierakonpolis – An Interim Report. Egyptian Studies Association Publication 1. Giza: Cairo University Herbarium / Macomb Ill.: Western Illinois University, 1982, pp. 38-60.
Adams, B., Petrie Museum Appeal. London Federation of Museums and Art Galleries Newsletter 6 (May 1982), pp. 6.2-6.4
Adams, B., The Largest Early Lion Sculptures from Egypt. The Egyptian Bulletin 2 (September 1982), pp. 15-17.
Adams, B., Postcards and New Acquisitions. UCL The Bulletin (February 1982), p. 7.

1983

Adams, B., Lions. UCL The Bulletin (February 1983), pp. 10-11.

1984

Adams, B., Egyptian Mummies. Shire Egyptology 1. Aylesbury: Shire Publications, 1984.
Adams, B.; Jaeschke, R.L., The Koptos Lions, Contributions in Anthropology and History 3. Milwaukee: The Milwaukee Public Museum, 1984.
Adams, B., The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Biblical Archaeologist (December 1984), pp. 240-244.

1986

Adams, B., Sculptured Pottery from Koptos. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1986.
Adams, B.; Jaeschke, R.L., A Silver Plume from a Statue of Min. Discussions in Egyptology 4 (1986), pp. 7-13.
Adams, B., Review of “Margaret S. Drower, Flinders Petrie: A Life in Archaeology”. MAN The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 21,2 (June 1986), pp. 352-353.

1987

Adams, B., The Fort Cemetery at Hierakonpolis (Excavated by John Garstang). London: Kegan Paul International, 1987.
Adams, B., Excavating Old Archaeologists. Nekhen News 3,1 (Winter 1986-1987), pp. 3-4.
Adams, B., Review of “Piotr Bienkowski and Edmund Southworth, Egyptian Antiquities in the Liverpool Museum, I: A List of the Provenanced Objects”. Bibliotheca Orientalis 44,5/6 (September-November 1987), col. 666-669.

1988

Adams, B., Predynastic Egypt. Shire Egyptology 7. Aylesbury: Shire Publications, 1988.
Adams, B., Egyptian Mummies (revised reprint). Shire Egyptology 1. Aylesbury: Shire Publications, 1988.
Adams, B., Predynastic Pottery [in:] Hoffman, M.A.; Willoughby, K.L. & Stanton, E.B. (eds.), The First Egyptians. An Exhibition organized by McKissick Museum and the Earth Sciences and Resources Institute of the University of South Carolina. [Columbia]: University of South Carolina, 1988, pp. 47-58
Adams, B., The First Egyptians. A Major Exhibition. UCL The Bulletin (February 1988), pp. 10-11.
Adams, B., Stop-Go on Mummy Portraits. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 1 (Autumn 1988), p. 2.
[Adams, B.], The Australian Connection. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 1 (Autumn 1988), p. 8.

1989

[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 2 (Autumn 1989), p. 4.
[Adams, B.], Conservation of a Coffin Base. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 3 (Autumn 1989), p. 1-2.
[Adams, B.], Petrie Collection Tours Midlands. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 3 (Autumn 1989), p. 7.
[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 3 (Autumn 1989), p. 12.

1990

Adams, B., A Fragment from the Cairo Statue of Khasekhemwy. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 76 (1990), pp. 161-163, pl. X.
Adams, B., An Enigmatic Mud Sealing from Abydos [in:] Eitan, A.; Gophna, R. & Kochavi, M. (eds.), Eretz Israel 21, Ruth Amiran Volume. Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society, 1990, pp. 1-9.
Adams, B., The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Journal of Ancient History 3,194 (1990), pp. 217-223. [in Russian]
Adams, B., The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Minerva 1,8 (1990), pp.18-23.
Adams, B., A Fragment from the Cairo Statue of Khasekhemwy [in:] ARCE Annual Meeting. Berkeley 1990. Program & Abstracts. Berkeley: American Research Center in Egypt, 1990, p. 29.
[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 4 (Spring 1990), p. 8.
[Adams, B.], In Memoriam: Michael Allen Hoffman. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 5 (Autumn/Winter 1990), pp. 6-7.
[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 5 (Autumn/Winter 1990), p. 8.
Adams, B., Review of “Fernand Debono and Bodil Mortensen, The Predynastic Cemetery at Heliopolis”. Bibliotheca Orientalis 47,3/4 (May-July 1990), col. 334-337.

1991

[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 6 (Summer 1991), p. 11.

1992

Adams, B., Egyptian Mummies (revised reprint). Shire Egyptology 1. Aylesbury: Shire Publications, 1992.
Friedman, R.; Adams, B. (eds.), The Followers of Horus: Studies Dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman 1944-1990, Egyptian Studies Association Publication 2, Oxbow Monograph 20. Oxford: Oxbow, 1992.
Adams, B.; Friedman, R., Michael Allen Hoffman [in:] Friedman, R. & Adams, B., (eds.), The Followers of Horus: Studies Dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman 1944-1990, Egyptian Studies Association Publication 2, Oxbow Monograph 20. Oxford: Oxbow, 1992, pp. xv-xxvii.
Adams, B., Two more Lions from Upper Egypt: Hierakonpolis and Koptos [in:] Friedman, R. & Adams, B., (eds.), The Followers of Horus: Studies Dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman 1944-1990, Egyptian Studies Association Publication 2, Oxbow Monograph 20. Oxford: Oxbow, 1992, pp. 69-76.
Adams, B.; Friedman, R., Imports and Influences in the Predynastic and Protodynastic Settlement and Funerary Assemblages at Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt [in:] van den Brink, E.C.M. (ed.), The Nile Delta in Transition: 4th-3rd Millennium B.C., Proceedings of the Seminar held in Cairo, 21 -24 October 1990, in the Netherlands Institute of Archaeology and Arabic Studies. Tel Aviv, 1992, pp. 317-338.
Adams, B., Egyptian Archaeology in the Petrie Museum, London. K.M.T., 3,1 (Spring 1992), pp. 8-21, 70.
Adams, B., Predynastic Figurine Fragment of Human Female from Qau. K.M.T., 3,1 (Spring 1992), pp. 12-13.
[Adams, B.], Museum News: Exchange with Metropolitan Museum. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 7 (Winter 1991/Spring 1992), pp. 6-7
[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 8 (Summer/Autumn 1992), pp. 6-7.

1993

Adams, B., Potmark Forgery: A Serekh of Semerkhet from Abydos. Discussions in Egyptology 25 (1993), pp.5-12.
Adams, B., Hierakonpolis. 1992 Season. (University of South Carolina). Bulletin de Liason du Groupe International d`Étude de la Ceramique Égyptienne 17 (1993), pp. 35-36.
[Adams, B.], Petrie Museum Makes Donation to British Museum. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 9 (Summer 1993), pp. 1-2.
[Adams, B.], Other Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 9 (Summer 1993), p. 2.

1994

Adams, B., Possible s3 Signs from the Tomb of Djet (Uadji). Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 80 (1994), pp.183-187.
[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 10 (Winter 1993-1994), pp. 10-11.
[Adams, B.; Janssen, R.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 11 (Spring/Summer 1994), p. 8.
Adams, B., Drawing in the Egyptophiles. UCL Newsletter 2,14 (May 1994), p. 8.
Adams, B., Review of “Joan Crowfoot Payne, Catalogue of the Predynastic Egyptian Collection in the Ashmolean Museum”. The Asmolean 26 (Summer 1994), pp. 19-20.

1995

Adams, B., Ancient Nekhen: Garstang in the City of Hierakonpolis, Egyptian Studies Association Publication 3. New Malden: SIA Publishing, 1995.
Adams, B., Female torso. Bull’s Head. Nubian Girl with Monkey and Dish [Catalogue entries] [in:] Phillips, T. (ed.), Africa. The Art of a Continent. Munich / New York: Prestel, 1997, pp. 55, 63, 83.
[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 12 (Spring 1995), p. 8.
Adams, B., A Rocking Good Summer (School). UCL Newsletter 4.2 (October 1995), pp. 1-2.

1996

Adams, B., The Elite Graves at Hierakonpolis [in] Spencer, A.J. (ed.), Aspects of Early Egypt. London: British Museum Press, 1996, pp.1-15.
Porat, N.; Adams, B., Imported Pottery from Abydos with Potmarks [in] Spencer, A.J. (ed.), Aspects of Early Egypt. London: British Museum Press, 1996, pp. 98-107.
Adams, B., Imports and Imitations in Predynastic Funerary Contexts at Hierakonpolis [in:] Krzy?aniak, L.; Kroeper, K. & Kobusiewicz, M. (eds.), Interregional Contacts in the Later Prehistory of Northeastern Africa. Studies in African Archaeology 5. Pozna?: Pozna? Archaeological Museum, 1996, pp.133-143.
Adams, B., Elephants, Hippopotami and Pigs: Museums, Stores and Rooting. Nekhen News 8 (Fall 1996), pp.10-11.
Adams, B., Happy Cemetery Snapping: Photographing the Objects from HK6. Nekhen News 8 (Fall 1996), p. 9.

1997

Adams, B.; Ciałowicz, K.M., Protodynastic Egypt. Shire Egyptology 25. Aylesbury: Shire Publications, 1997.
Adams, B., Petrie at the Cult Centre of Min at Coptos [in:] Phillips, J.; Bell, L.; Williams, B.B.; Hoch, J. & Leprohon, R.J. (eds.), Ancient Egypt, the Aegean and the Near East: Studies in Honor of Martha Rhoads Bell, vol. I. U.S.A: Van Siclen Books, 1997, pp.1-16.
Adams, B., Petrie’s Pots Down Under. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 15 (Winter 1996-1997), p. 7.
[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 15 (Winter 1996-1997), p. 8.
[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 16 (Summer 1997), p. 12.

1998

Adams, B., Il Predinastico: le attuali conoscenze [in:] Donadoni Roveri, A.M. & Tiradritti, F. (eds.), Kemet alle sorgenti del tempo. Milano: Electa, 1998, pp. 23-30.
Adams, B., Ieraconpoli [in:] Donadoni Roveri, A.M. & Tiradritti, F. (eds.), Kemet alle sorgenti del tempo. Milano: Electa, 1998, pp. 117-120.
Adams, B., Something Very Special down in the Elite Cemetery. Nekhen News 10 (Fall 1998), pp. 3-4.
Adams, B., Construction and Opening of the Papyrus Gallery. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 17 (Winter 1997-1978), pp. 1-2.
[Adams, B.], Petrie Museum Staff Changes. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 18 (Summer 1998), pp. 6.
[Adams, B.], Docent Scheme. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 18 (Summer 1998), p. 6-7.
[Adams, B.], Loyd and the Shabti. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 18 (Summer 1998), p. 7.
[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 18 (Summer 1998), p. 8.

1999

Adams, B., Early Temples at Hierakonpolis and Beyond [in:] ?liwa, J. (ed.), Centenary of Mediterranean Archaeology at the Jagiellonian University 1897-1997. International Symposium Cracow October 1997. Cracow: Instytut Archeologii Uj, 1999, pp. 15-28.
Adams, B., Discovery of a Predynastic Elephant Burial. Archaeology International 2 (1998/1999), pp. 46-50. [7 figs.]
Adams, B., Unprecedented Discoveries at Hierakonpolis. Egyptian Archaeology 15 (1999) pp. 29-31.
Adams, B., Hierakonpolis [in:] Bard, K. (ed.) The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt: An Encyclopedia. London / New York: Routledge, 1999, pp. 371-374.
Adams, B., More Surprises in the Locality Hk6 Cemetery. Nekhen News 11 (Fall 1999), pp. 4-5.
Adams, B., The Painted Tomb at Hierakonpolis. Nekhen News 11 (Fall 1999), p. 23.
[Adams, B.], Museum News. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 19 (Summer 1999), p. 8.

2000

Adams, B., Excavations in the Locality 6 Cemetery at Hierakonpolis 1979-1985, Egyptian Studies Association Publication 4, British Archaeological Reports Int. Ser. 903. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2000.
Adams, B., Dish of Delight and Coleoptera [in:] Leahy, A. & Tait, J. (eds.), Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honour of H.S. Smith. Egypt Exploration Society, Occasional Papers 13. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2000, pp. 1-9.
Bavay, L.; De Putter, T.; Adams, B.; Navez, J. & André, L., The Origin of Obsidian in Predynastic and Early Dynastic Upper Egypt. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo 56, 2000, pp. 5-20.
Adams, B., Some Problems Solved in the Locality 6 Cemetery. Nekhen News 12 (Fall 2000), pp. 4-6.
Adams, B., Michael Hoffman, 1945-1990. Nekhen News 12 (Fall 2000), p. 2.
Adams, B., Hierakonpolis in the Canary Islands. Nekhen News 12 (Fall 2000), p. 28.

2001

Gilroy, T.D.; Adams, B.; Hendrickx, S. & van den Brink, E.C.M., A Checklist of Sherds with Potmarks from Petrie’s Excavations in the Royal Necropolis at Umm el-Ga’ab, Abydos. Göttinger Miszellen 182 (2001), pp. 31-58.
Adams, B., Locality 6 in 2000: Amazing Revelations. Nekhen News 13 (2001), pp. 4-7.
Adams, B., Rescue our Cartonnage. Friends of the Petrie Museum Newsletter 22 (Spring 2001), pp. 1-2, 8.

2002

Adams, B., Decorated Sherds from renewed Excavations at Locality 6, Hierakonpolis. Cahiers Caribéens d’Egyptologie 3/4 (2002), pp. 5-27.
Adams, B., Petrie’s Manuscript Journal from Coptos. Topoi, Suppl. 3 (2002), pp. 5-22.
Adams, B., Seeking the Roots of Ancient Egypt. A unique Cemetery reveals Monuments and Rituals from before the Pharaohs. Archéo-Nil 12 (2002), pp. 11-28.

2003

Hendrickx, S.; Huyge, D. & Adams, B., Le scorpion en silex du Musée royal de Mariemont et les silex figuratifs de l’Egypte pré- et protodynastique. Les Cahiers de Mariemont, 28-29 (1997-1998) [2003], pp. 6-33.

2004

Adams^†, B., Excavations in the Elite Predynastic Cemetery at Hierakonpolis Locality HK6: 1999-2000. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte 78 (2004), pp.35-52

In press

Adams, B., Fancy Greywacke and Volcanic Vases from the Royal Tombs in the Umm el Qa’ab Cemetery at Abydos. Archäologische Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo.

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