Overview

The survey's major aspects - archaeological, anthropological, biological - provide a general introduction to the Oasis. The major topics presented are geomorphology, stratiography, palaeontology, recent biology, Pleistocene and Holocene lithic cultures, pottery from Neolithic Islamic times and Roman Period Settlement.

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Author:   C. S. Churcher ,  A. J. Mills
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   2
ISBN:  

9781900188494

ISBN 10:   190018849
Pages:   271
Publication Date:   01 December 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1. Geography, geology, geochronolgy and geoarchaeology of the Dakhleh Oasis region: an interim report (Maxine R. Keindienst, Charles S. Chrucher, Mary M.A. McDonald and Henry P. Schwarcz) 2. A note on the late Cretaceious vertebrate fauna of the Dhkhleh Oasis (Charles S. Churcher) 3. Soil fungi from Eastern Dakhleh Oasis (John C. Krug and K. Shah Khan) 4. Flora, vegetation and palaeobotany of the Dakhleh Oasis (James C. Ritchie) 5. Pleistocene archaeolgoy and geoarchaeology of the Dakhleh Oasis: a status report (Maxine R. Kleindienst) 6. Late Pleistocene prehistory in the Dakhleh Oasis (Marcia F. Wiseman) 7. Neolithic cultural units and adaptations in the Dakhleh Oasis (Mary M.A. McDonald) 8. Holocene faunas of the Dakhleh Oasis (Charles S. Churcher) 9. Notes on the recent fauna of the Dakhleh Oasis (Alan F. Hollett and Charles S. Churcher) 10. Pharaonic Egyptians in the Dakhleh Oasis (Anthony J. Mills) 11. Pathologically slender human long bones from the Dakhleh Oasis (Peter G. Sheldrick) 12. Conservation, preservation and presentation of monuments and objects in the Dakhleh Oasis () 13. Kellis, the architectural survey of the Romano-Byzantine town at Ismant el-Kharab (James E. Knudstad and Rosa A. Frey) 14. Pottery manufacture in the Dakhleh Oasis (Colin A. Hope) Appendix I Dakhleh Oasis Prject Bibliography Appendix II List of Archaeological sties indexed by the Dakhleh Oasis Project Appendix III List of prehistoric archaeological localities surveyed (M.R.Kleindienst, M.M.A. McDonald, M.F. wiseman and A.L. Hawkins)

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