The archaeology of Fazzan. Volume 1, Synthesis

This book seeks to advance knowledge of human settlement and adaptation in the world's largest desert, the sahara. Previous studies focussed on the prehistoric phases but this study takes a wider historical and geographical perspective. It sets out to combine the results of several field campai...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : SOCIETY FOR LIBYAN STUDIE, 2003.
Edición:1ST ED.
Colección:Monograph (Society for Libyan Studies (London, England))
Temas:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Libya > Fezzan.
Garamantes (African people) > Libya > Fezzan > Antiquities.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Libye > Fezzan.
Art / History / Prehistoric.
History / Africa / North.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Fezzan (Libya) > Antiquities.
Libya > Fezzan
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Concordance of Place-names
  • Foreword
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • PART I. INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. Background to the Archaeology of Fazzān
  • David Mattingly, with John Dore, David Edwards and John Hawthorne
  • Chapter 2. Studies in Geography, Geomorphology, Environment and Climate
  • Chapter 3. Historical Summary
  • PART II. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF FAZZĀN
  • Chapter 4. Results of the Field-Walking Programme 1997-2000 107
  • David Mattingly, with Philip Balcombe, Mark Gillings and Tim Reynolds
  • Chapter 5. Fortifications, S ettlement and Domestic Architecture 136
  • Chapter 6. Religious and Funerary Structures 177
  • Chapter 7. Irrigation Technologies: Foggaras, Wells and Field Systems 235
  • Chapter 8. The Engraved Heritage: Rock-Art and Inscriptions 279
  • Chapter 9. Synthesis of Human Activities in Fazzān 327
  • Bibliography 375
  • Index 399
  • Arabic Abstract 426.

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