Palaeolithic Living Sites in Upper and Middle Egypt
A Review Article
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11624304 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Schild (0000-0003-2701-0623, corresponding author), Fred Wendorf |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 447-461 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Field Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-4690 • E-ISSN: 2042-4582 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/jfa.2004.29.3-4.447 |
| OpenAlex | W2078653226 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 39 |
In 2000 Leuven University Press of Leuven, Belgium published a very important volume on the prehistory of Egypt entitled Palaeolithic Living Sites in Upper and Middle Egypt. Egyptian Prehistory Monographs 2, edited by Pierre M. Vermeersch. This impressive volume presents partial results of the fieldwork of the Belgian Middle Egypt Prehistoric Project of Leuven University in the Nile Valley, between Luxor and Assiut, carried out from 1976 to 1991, and in 1994. A second publication, Palaeolithic Quarrying Sites in Upper and Middle Egypt, also edited by Pierre M. Vermeersch, appeared in 2002 as the fourth volume of the series. The 2000 volume, under review here, is a collection of detailed reports on nine excavated Paleolithic living sites, ranging in time from Acheulean to Epipaleolithic, complemented by a chapter on Quaternary geomorphology and stratigraphy of the Makhadma area, near Qena, as well as a study of chronology, subsistence, and environment of the Late Paleolithic fishing sites at Makhadma. The reviewers discuss in detail most of the sites reported and address the conclusions reached by the Belgian authors in light of their own experiences with the prehistory of the Egyptian Nile. Of particular interest are differences in views concerning late use of Levallois technology in the Nile Valley and the geomorphological history of the river
Acheulean · Ancient history · Archaeology · Chronology · Geography · Middle Paleolithic · Pleistocene · Prehistory · Subsistence agriculture · Upper Paleolithic · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · History · Marine and environmental studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
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Heavy Mineral Analysis of Some Pleistocene Sediments in the Nile Valley
Evidence for general instability of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core record
A Sebilian Assemblage from El Kilh (Upper Egypt)
Note on Sebilian Sites from Dishna Plain
La pêche dans le Nil égyptien durant la Préhistoire
The geological evolution of the river Nile
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The Levalloisian Industries of Egypt
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Geologic contexts of the Acheulian (Middle Pleistocene) in the Eastern Sahara
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Palaeolithic Man and the Nile Valley in Nubia and Upper Egypt
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| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |