Fekri A Hassan

Biographic Data

ID88802
NAMEFekri A Hassan
GIVEN NAMESFekri A
FAMILY NAMEHassan
SIGNATUREHASSAN F A
AFFILIATIONSWashington State University
ORCID0000-0002-1687-0049
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS67
TOTAL CITATIONS713
AUTHOR COUNT66
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX13

  • Palynology of Holocene lacustrine sediments in the Faiyum Depression (Egypt)

    Open AccessMohamed A Hamdan, Nermeen A Ziada et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2026

  • Tangible Heritage in Archaeology

    Open AccessFekri A Hassan, Fekri HassanCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Global Archaeology2020

  • On-going Investigations at the Predynastic to Early Dynastic site of Kafr Hassan Dawood

    Fekri A Hassan, G J Tassie et al.ARTICLEArchéo-Nil Revue de la société…2015

    Continued analysis of material – primarily ceramic – excavated during the 1990s at the Predynastic to Early Dynastic cemetery site of Kafr Hassan Dawood (KHD) in the Wadi Tumilat has allowed seven phases of use to be identified. This process has been greatly helped by the acquisition of further archival material of the 1989 to 1995 excavations. The assigning of these phases was also aided by the dating of tephra from a layer covering First Dynast…

  • An aggregated climate teleconnection index linked to historical Egyptian famines of the last thousand years

    Open AccessMichael Melton Santoro, Fekri A Hassan et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2015References: 2

    Variations in the Nile River water level have been historically associated with social development of the Egyptian civilization, particularly through times of famine. In addition, the Nile River water levels have been strongly linked to variations in climate teleconnections, specifically El Niño/Southern Oscillation, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. In this paper, we demonstrate that the cumulative effect…

  • Ancient E gyptian Pottery from the Subsurface Floodplain of the S aqqara– M emphis Area

    Open AccessMohamed A Hamdan, S M Martinez et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2014References: 12

    Potsherds recovered from the S aqqara– M emphis floodplain in E gypt, dated according to their typology and radiocarbon dating of the included sediments, are analysed geochemically and mineralogically to identify source materials and fabrication characteristics. Pottery layers were identified and potsherds were recovered from several settlement levels. Sherd typology was used to identify sherds from four periods (the O ld and N ew K ingdoms, and …

  • Climatic changes and cultural transformations in Farafra oasis, Egypt

    Open AccessFekri A Hassan, Fekri HassanARTICLEArchaeology International2012

    A long-term intern ational in vestigation of the geoarchaeology and prehistory of Farafr a oasis in the Egyptian Sahara is reveal ing how a series of abrupt short-term clim atic changes during the past 12,000 years restructured patterns of human settlement and subsistence. In creasing aridity eventually prompted Neolithic desert dwellers to migrate to and settle in the Nile valley

  • Extreme Nile floods and famines in Medieval Egypt (AD 930–1500) and their climatic implications

    Open AccessFekri A HassanARTICLEQuaternary International2007

  • An examination of groundwater within the Hawara Pyramid, Egypt

    Open AccessK Keatings, G J Tassie et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2007References: 5

    The Hawara Pyramid is an outstanding monument. However, the mudbrick structure shows signs of erosion, and the passages and chambers are currently submerged. The problem of water ingress has mainly arisen since the 1880s. In this study, an initial assessment of the pyramid structure was made and causes of water ingress were investigated through analysis of water samples. Stable oxygen isotope measurements indicate that the source of water within …

  • The Aswan High Dam and the International Rescue Nubia Campaign

    Open AccessFekri A HassanARTICLEAfrican Archaeological Review2007Cited by: 10References: 2

  • Social Dynamics at the Late Predynastic to Early Dynastic Site of Kafr Hassan Dawood, East Delta, Egypt

    Fekri A Hassan, G J Tassie et al.ARTICLEArchéo-Nil Revue de la société…2003

    Hassan Fekri A., Tassie Geoffrey John, Tucker Teri L., Rowland Joanne, Van Wetering Joris. Social Dynamics at the Late Predynastic to Early Dynastic Site of Kafr Hassan Dawood, East Delta, Egypt. In: Archéo-Nil. Revue de la société pour l'étude des cultures prépharaoniques de la vallée du Nil, n°13, 2003. Actualité de la recherche prédynastique : les terrains de fouilles. 2-La Basse-Égypte. pp. 37-46

  • Climatic changes and cultural transformations in Farafra oasis, Egypt

    Open AccessFekri A Hassan, Fekri HassanARTICLEArchaeology International2003

  • Droughts, Food and Culture

    Open AccessFekri A HassanBOOKDroughts, food, and culture2002

  • Droughts, food, and culture

    Fekri A HassanBOOKDroughts, food, and culture2002

    "This work aims to bring archaeology within the domain of contemporary human affairs and to forge a new methodology for coping with environmental problems from an archaeological perspective. Using the later prehistory of Africa as a comparison, the utility of this methodological strategy in interpreting cultural change and assessing the long-term response to current global climatic fluctuations is examined and understood.". "This volume will be o…

  • Obituary

    Open AccessFekri A HassanARTICLEAfrican Archaeological Review2002

  • Holocene playa deposits of Farafra Oasis, Egypt, and their palaeoclimatic and geoarchaeological significance

    Open AccessFekri A Hassan, Barbara E Barich et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2001

    Archaeological sites associated with the Holocene playas in Farafra Oasis were occupied primarily by foragers. Intensive utilization of wild sorghum, originally dated to 6700 yr B.P., has now been pushed back to 7600 yr B.P. Sheep and goats, originating in the Levant, were introduced in Farafra Oasis ca. 6700 yr B.P. The playas were episodically sustained by surface runoff and wadi activity under wet/moist climatic conditions with frequent dry os…

  • Holocene playa deposits of Farafra Oasis, Egypt, and their palaeoclimatic and geoarchaeological significance

    Fekri A Hassan, Barbara E Barich et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2001

    Archaeological sites associated with the Holocene playas in Farafra Oasis were occupied primarily by foragers. Intensive utilization of wild sorghum, originally dated to 6700 yr B.P., has now been pushed back to 7600 yr B.P. Sheep and goats, originating in the Levant, were introduced in Farafra Oasis ca. 6700 yr B.P. The playas were episodically sustained by surface runoff and wadi activity under wet/moist climatic conditions with frequent dry os…

  • African Archaeology

    Fekri A HassanARTICLEAfrican Affairs1999Cited by: 7

    African archaeology, both in theory and practice, suffers from a burdensome colonial experience. By gaining independence, the temptation to fashion the past in terms of models of European nationalism must be countermanded by a serious consideration of the role and character of nation states in an open global society. The emergence of divisive sectarian, ethnic or linguistic factions requires new models of nation-building that can facilitate the i…

  • The Archaeology of North Africa at Kiekrz 1997

    Open AccessFekri A HassanARTICLEAfrican Archaeological Review1998References: 4

  • Precipitation Source Inferred from Stable Isotopic Composition of Pleistocene Groundwater and Carbonate Deposits in the Western Desert of Egypt

    Open AccessMohamed Sultan, Neil C Sturchio et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research1997

    An Atlantic source of precipitation can be inferred from stable isotopic data (H and O) for fossil groundwaters and uranium-series-dated carbonate spring deposits from oases in the Western Desert of Egypt. In the context of available stable isotopic data for fossil groundwaters throughout North Africa, the observed isotopic depletions (δD −72 to −81‰; δ 18 O −10.6 to −11.5‰) of fossil (≥32,000 yr B.P.) groundwaters from the Nubian aquifer are bes…

  • Global population and human evolution

    Open AccessFekri A HassanARTICLEHuman Evolution1997

  • Beyond the surface

    Open AccessFekri A HassanARTICLEAntiquity1997Cited by: 13References: 2

    Comment is offered on the ‘post-processual’ approach to excavation in the field advocated in the September Antiquity

  • Holocene Palaeoclimates of Africa

    Open AccessFekri A HassanARTICLEAfrican Archaeological Review1997Cited by: 16References: 32

  • The dynamics of a riverine civilization

    Fekri A HassanARTICLEWorld Archaeology1997Cited by: 38References: 46

    Egyptian civilization depended on the bounty of the River Nile. Frequent fluctuations in the height of summer floods influenced both floodplain geomorphology and the area cultivated. Thus agricultural yield oscillated as a function of pronounced interannual variability, as well as episodic variations in response to abrupt climatic changes in the watershed of the Nile tributaries. This situation also created a dynamic landscape and a variety of cu…

  • World Archaeological Congress (WAC) 3, New Delhi, 4th-11th December 1994

    Open AccessAnn Butler, Ann B Butler et al.ARTICLEPapers from the Institute of…1995

  • African Connections

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