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Author:   Pierre M. Vermeersch
Publisher:   Leuven University Press
Imprint:   Leuven University Press
Volume:   v. 7
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789058676634

ISBN 10:   9058676633
Pages:   105
Publication Date:   20 July 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. FIELD WORK 1.1 Research history 1.2 Physical environmental context 1.3 Stratigraphy 1.4 Raw material 1.5 Archaeological stratigraphy 1.6 Charcoal and 1C dating 2. MICROWEAR ANALYSIS OF SOME ARTEFACTS FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL HORIZON 5 2.1 Microwear Experimentation and Observation 2.2 Observation results 2.3 Comparison with contemporaneous Elkabian tools 2.4 Conclusion 3. WOODY VEGETATION AND ITS USE DURING THE NEOLITHIC AT THE TREE SHELTER 3.1 Methods and materials 3.2 Results 3.3 Reconstruction of the vegetation based on the wood charcoal assemblages 3.4 What can wood charcoal assemblages say about the palaeoenvironmental conditions? 3.5 Palaeoeconomic implications of the boanical materials studied from the site 3.3 Conclusion 4. FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE TREE SHELTER 4.1 The Elkabian (AH5) - hunting and gathering 4.2 The Neolithic (AH2 and AH3) and the younger period (AH1) - early African small liverstock 5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION 5.1 The timing of depositional and erosional events 5.2 The palaeoenvironmental context of the Tree shelter 5.3 Local and regional comparison 5.4 General conclusion 6. REFERENCES

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All in all, this is a very solid piece of work and useful to anyone with an interest in Egyptian Prehistory. It also fleshes out the history of the Eastern Desert, and links it to the Nile Valley as well as the Western Desert, filling in holes in the mosaic of Egypt's early history. PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, 6(3) (2009) The synthetic discussions in this book provide ample information on the current research issues in this area, making this volume valuable not only to specialists in this area but also to a wider range of prehistorians. The Holocene 20,2 (2010)

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Pierre Vermeersch is Professor of Prehistory at KU Leuven.

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