A Holocene Prehistoric Sequence in the Egyptian Red Sea Area: The Tree Shelter /

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The prehistory of the Eastern Desert of Egypt is not well understood. A Holocene Prehistoric Sequence in the Egyptian Red Sea Area: The Tree Shelter is an important contribution to our knowledge of the Epi-Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Predynastic occupation of the area. It presents the results of an...

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Otros Autores: Kweakason, A. P., Vermeersch, P. M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leuven [Belgium] : Leuven University Press, [2008]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Höhle
Holozän
Holocene Geologic Period.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Stratigraphie > Holocene.
Geology, Stratigraphic > Holocene.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Egypt > Red Sea Coast.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Red Sea Coast.
Koseir > Region
Egypt > Tree Shelter Site.
Egypt > Red Sea Coast.
Red Sea Coast (Egypt) > Antiquities.
Tree Shelter Site (Egypt)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A HOLOCENE PREHISTORIC SEQUENCE IN THE EGYPTIAN RED SEA AREA: THE TREE SHELTER; CONTENTS; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Remarks in relation to the storage of the archaeological material; 1
  • Field Work; 1.1
  • Research history; 1.2
  • Physical environmental context; 1.3
  • Stratigraphy; 1.3.1
  • The Upper deposits (U); 1.3.2
  • The A-deposits; 1.3.3
  • The B-deposits; 1.4
  • Raw Material; 1.5
  • Archaeological stratigraphy; 1.5.1
  • Archaeological horizon 1; 1.5.2
  • Archaeological horizon 2; 1.5.3
  • Archaeological horizon 3; 1.5.4
  • Archaeological horizon 4; 1.5.5
  • Archaeological horizon 5.
  • 1.6
  • Charcoal and 14C dating 2
  • Microwear Analysis of some Artifacts from Archaeological Horizon 5; 2.1
  • Microwear Experimentation and Observation; 2.2
  • Observation results; 2.2.1
  • The manufacture of hide products; 2.2.2
  • Use of denticulated blades; 2.2.3
  • Hunting activities; 2.2.4
  • Other activities; 2.3
  • Comparison with contemporaneous Elkabian tools; 2.4
  • Conclusion; 3
  • Woody vegetation and its use during the Neolithic at The three shelter; 3.1
  • Methods and materials; 3.2
  • Results; 3.3
  • Reconstruction of the vegetation around the site based on the wood charcoal assemblages.
  • 3.4
  • What can the wood charcoal assemblages say about the palaeoenvironmental conditions?3.5
  • Palaeoeconomic implications of the botanical materials studied from the site; 3.6
  • Conclusion; 4
  • Faunal remains from the Tre Shelter site 1; 4.1
  • The Elkabian (AH5)
  • hunting and gathering; 4.2
  • The Neolithic (AH2 and AH3) and the younger period (AH1)
  • early African small livestock; 5
  • Discussion and conclusion; 5.1
  • The timing of depositional and erosional events; 5.2
  • The palaeoenvironmental context of Tree Shelter; 5.3
  • Local and regional comparison.
  • 5.3.1
  • The archaeological horizon 5 as semblagein a larger context 5.3.2
  • The archaeological horizon 4 assemblage in a larger context; 5.3.3
  • The archaeological horizon 3 as semblagein a larger context; 5.3.4
  • The archaeological horizon 2 as semblagein a larger context; 5.3.5
  • The archaeological horizon 1 as semblagein a larger context; 5.4
  • General conclusion; 6
  • References.

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