From 2005 to 2009, a survey and excavation project was undertaken at the
Stone Village, a small settlement on the eastern desert plain of Amarna,
not far from the Workmen's Village. This was the first concerted effort
to record this site and introduce it into the story of Amarna. The
fieldwork revealed a community of labourers likely engaged in
tomb-cutting and related tasks, including at the Royal Tombs, but of
lesser social standing than the occupants of the Workmen's Village. The
piecing together of diverse strands of archaeological evidence sheds
light on their experiences, the Stone Village serving jointly as a new
source for the study of Amarna's vernacular urban architecture. The
results of the fieldwork are presented in two volumes, the first devoted
to the survey, excavation and architecture, and the second to the faunal
and botanical remains, and objects.