the feasting element of honouring the spiritual essence of family headship, that included ancestors... By this view, the Workmen's Village chapels are the product of contingency: the isolation of the village and its cramped interior, the unusual closeness of its cemetery, and the existence of much open space brought out within the villagers a fuller architectural expression of spiritual communion, combining meals with commemoration, than was open to people of similar or even higher social standing within the city proper. Cemetery Excavation by Peet and Woolley on the slopes above the chapels uncovered nine tomb shafts, of which four had never been completed. Two appear to have contained burials as fragments of a coffin, pottery, and the later interment of a child were encountered in one, and animal remains and pottery in the other. The rock is of such poor quality that sinking a tomb shaft and erecting a chapel over top of it proved impossible; the shafts were sunk at some distance from the chapels, on a ridge. Given that the chapels and tombs can be separated by up to , it is difficult to associate a shaft with a particular chapel. Significance In general, the site of Akhetaten dedicates the vast majority of wall painting to not only displaying the royal family alongside the Aten but also to showcasing the daily lives of the citizens as being prosperous, joyful, and lively. The Workmen's Village has suffered less disturbance than the main city, and its greater preservation provides a better chance at understanding everyday life during the Amarna Period. The remote desert location of the Workmen's Village affords better preservation of materials such as texitles and wood, as destructive insect activity is lower. This gives perhaps a truer picture of the range of materials used for certain artefact classes, such as spindle whorls. In the main city, stone is the most common, presumably because insect activity has destroyed wooden examples that, based on finds from the Workmen's Village, would have been the most common type. Thousands of fragments of linen were excavated. Most are undyed but some preserve colours such as red, blue, purple, pink. Parts of clothing, such as entire sleeves were also preserved, allowing the identification of clothing items such as short sleeved tunics and loincloths. Small amounts of piled linen textile, probably from blankets, and some woolen fabric are also preserved at the village. Additionally, twisted