This paper presents an investigation into charred macro-botanical evidence (seeds, grains, fruits, chaff) from the mid 2nd–late 1st millennium BC site of Tell el-Retaba, Wadi Tumilat north east Egypt, the results of which provide insights into aspects of continuity in agricultural practises in ancient Egypt. The primary question being addressed here is to ask if temporal differences in relative presence of charred macro-remains of seeds, grains and fruits of weed / wild taxa at the site are a result of agricultural responses to socio-cultural and demographic changes in the community at this site, or the result of fluctuations in the water regime of the Wadi Tumilat. The present analysis suggests that natural variations in environmental conditions (the level and extent of the flood levels in the wadi) around the town are the prime factors responsible for shaping the variations in the assemblage of charred macro-botanical remains. Changes in pastoral practises seem to have been affected by the changes in the nature of the settlement, resulting in some knock-on effects in the archaeobotanical patterns, but, other than periods of possible expansion of agricultural lands to support larger populations, there is no evidence for any real alterations in the arable farming activities.

本文对埃及西北瓦迪图米拉特的泰勒-雷塔巴的公元前2世纪至1世纪中叶遗址的烧焦宏观植物学证据（种子，谷物，水果，谷壳）进行了调查，其结果提供了各方面的见解。埃及农业实践的连续性。这里要解决的主要问题是询问该地点杂草/野生类群的种子，谷物和果实烧焦的宏观残留物相对存在时的时间差异是否是农业对社区的社会文化和人口变化做出反应的结果还是瓦迪图米拉特（Wadi Tumilat）水情波动的结果。目前的分析表明，城镇周围环境条件的自然变化（旱谷中洪水位和水平）是导致烧焦的大型植物园遗体形态变化的主要因素。牧区习俗的变化似乎已受到定居点性质变化的影响，从而导致了古植物学模式的连锁反应，但是，除了可能扩大农业用地以支持更多人口的时期外，没有其他活动。耕作活动发生任何真正变化的证据。