The Fezzan Project 2001

Preliminary report on the fifth season of work

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ID9347696
AuthorsDavid Mattingly (0000-0003-1862-8392, University of Leicester, corresponding author), D J Mattingly, Nicholas Brooks (0000-0002-5073-9386, University of Reading), Franca Cole (University of Leicester), J N Dore, J Dore, Nick Drake (King's College London), Anna Leone (0000-0002-1892-4581, University of Leicester), Sophie Hay (British School at Rome), Sue Mclaren (0000-0002-4121-2320, University of Leicester), Paul Newson (0000-0003-2248-1637, University of Leicester), H Parton (British School at Athens), Ruth Pelling (0000-0002-6101-6044, University of Oxford), J Preston (0000-0002-3740-2308), James J Preston (University of Reading), Tim Reynolds (0000-0002-9729-4775, Cambridgeshire County Council), Irene Schrüfer-Kolb (University of Leicester), David Thomas (0000-0003-4993-7294, University of Leicester), A Tindall (Chester County Historical Society), Andrew Townsend (0000-0002-2589-9433, University of Bristol), Kevin White (0000-0002-4328-8185, University of Reading)
Year2001
Volume32
Pages133-153
Publication date2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLibyan Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-7189 • E-ISSN: 2052-6148
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0263718900005823
OpenAlexW2168991130
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited12

The Fezzan Project completed its five-year fieldwork cycle in 2001. The geographical research team located numerous additional palaeolake sites within the Edeyen Ubari, using a combination of Remote Sensing technology and field visits. Additional samples were taken for analysis and dating from many lake edge locations, relating to both the large Pleistocene lake and to the numerous smaller Holocene lakes that have been identified by the team. The excavations at Old Germa were taken down through Garamantian occupation levels to the natural subsoil below the earliest cultural horizon. The earliest activity, represented by a few mudbrick walls and hearths built directly on the natural soil, is believed to date to c . 400-300 BC. Traces of several phases of Garamantian buildings were uncovered, along with numerous rubbish pits, which yielded a rich assemblage of finds, including, for the first time, examples of Garamantian figurines, small 3-D sculptures of humans and animals. Work on the various classes of finds (pottery, small finds, lithics and other stone artefacts, metallurgical evidence, etc.) complemented the excavation work. In addition, a small amount of further survey work was carried out on sites in the Wadi al-Ajal, along with a contour survey of Old Germa and standing building survey at a number of other sites

Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Cave · Excavation · Geography · Hearth · Holocene · Horizon · Natural (archaeology · Pleistocene · Pottery · Wadi · African Studies and Ethnography · African Studies and Geopolitics · Migration, Identity, and Health · Geology

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