Reports from the survey of the Dakhleh Oasis, western desert of Egypt, 1977-1987
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Reports from the survey of the Dakhleh Oasis, western desert of Egypt, 1977-1987
(Oxbow monograph, 99)(Dakhleh Oasis Project : Monograph, 2)
Oxbow Books, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
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.
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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