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Title: Neolithic occupation of an artesian spring : KS043 in the Kharga Oasis, Egypt
Related: Journal of field archaeology, Vol. 37, Issue 3, (2012), p.178-191
DOI: 10.1179/0093469012Z.00000000018
Publisher: Boston University
Date: 2012
Author/Creator: Briois, François
Author/Creator: Midant-Reynes, Béatrix
Author/Creator: Marchand, Sylvie
Author/Creator: Tristant, Yann
Author/Creator: Wuttmann, Michael
Author/Creator: De Dapper, Morgan
Author/Creator: Lesur, Joséphine
Author/Creator: Newton, Claire
Description: KS043 is a stratified site associated with a complex of artesian springs. The archaeological remains, as well as a series of radiocarbon determinations, date the site to between 4800 and 4200 B.C. Our study suggests a connection between Saharan pastoralists, forced to move into oasis areas by increasing aridification, and the first Predynastic cultures of the Nile Valley. The site is the only well dated stratified settlement attributed to the Late Neolithic in the eastern Sahara that is characterized by Tasian cultural traditions.
Description: 14 page(s)
Subject Keyword: Neolithic
Subject Keyword: oasis
Subject Keyword: artesian springs
Subject Keyword: Kharga Oasis
Subject Keyword: Badarian
Subject Keyword: Tasian
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Ancient History

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