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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Neolithic occupation of an artesian spring: KS043 in the Kharga Oasis, Egypt
Journal of Field Archaeology, Volume 37, No. 3, Year 2012
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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. © Trustees of Boston University 2012.
Authors & Co-Authors
Briois, François
France, Toulouse
Ehess Ecole Des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Toulouse
Midant-Reynes, Béatrix
Egypt, Cairo
Institut Français D'archéologie Orientale le Caire
Marchand, Sylvie
Egypt, Cairo
Institut Français D'archéologie Orientale le Caire
Tristant, Yann
Egypt, Cairo
Institut Français D'archéologie Orientale le Caire
Wuttmann, Michel
Egypt, Cairo
Institut Français D'archéologie Orientale le Caire
de Dapper, Morgan
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Lesur, Joséphine
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Newton, Claire
France, Montpellier
Institut Des Sciences de L’evolution de Montpellier
Statistics
Citations: 34
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1179/0093469012Z.00000000018
e-ISSN:
20424582
Study Locations
Egypt