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Title

Reports from the survey of the Dakhleh Oasis, western desert of Egypt, 1977-1987 / edited by C.S. Churcher and A.J. Mills ; contributing authors C.S. Churcher [and others].

Publication

Oxford [England] : Oxbow Books, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Churcher, C. S., 1928-
• Mills, Anthony J.

Description

xiii, 271 pages : illustrations, maps; 31 cm.

Series Statement

• Oxbow monograph ; 99
• Dakhleh Oasis Project ; monograph 2

Uniform Title

• Oxbow monograph ; 99.
• Monograph (Dakhleh Oasis Project) ; no. 2.

Subject

• Geschichte 1977-1987
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Dakhla Oasis
• Prehistoric peoples > Egypt > Dakhla Oasis
• Animal remains (Archaeology) > Egypt > Dakhla Oasis
• Plant remains (Archaeology) > Egypt > Dakhla Oasis
• Animal remains (Archaeology)
• Antiquities
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Plant remains (Archaeology)
• Prehistoric peoples
• Archäologie
• Ausgrabung
• Topografie
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Dakhilah Oasis
• Prehistoric peoples > Egypt > Dakhilah Oasis
• Animal remains (Archaeology) > Egypt > Dakhilah Oasis
• Plant remains (Archaeology) > Egypt > Dakhilah Oasis
• Fouilles archéologiques > Égypte > Dakhla (oasis)
• Hominidés fossiles > Égypte > Dakhla (oasis)
• Archéozoologie > Égypte > Dakhla (oasis)
• Archéobotanique > Égypte > Dakhla (oasis)
• Dakhla Oasis (Egypt) > Antiquities
• Egypt > Dakhla Oasis
• Dachla
• Dakhla (Égypte ; oasis) > Antiquités

Note

• Maps on endpapers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. Geography, Geology, Geochronology and Geoarchaeology of the Dakhleh Oasis Region an interim report / [and others] / Mary M.A. McDonald / Charles S. Churcher / Maxine R. Kleindienst -- 2. A Note on the Late Cretaceous Vertebrate Fauna of the Dakhleh Oasis / Charles S. Churcher -- 3. Soil Fungi from Eastern Dakhleh Oasis / John C. Krug / K. Shah Khan -- 4. Flora, Vegetation and Palaeobotany of the Dakhleh Oasis / James C. Ritchie -- 5. Pleistocene Archaeology 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 / Charles S. Churcher / Alan F. Hollett -- 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 / Adam K. Zielinski -- 13. Kellis, the Architectural Survey of the Romano-Byzantine Town at Ismant el-Kharab / James E. Knudstad / Rosa A. Frey -- 14. Pottery Manufacture in the Dakhleh Oasis / Colin A. Hope -- App. I Dakhleh Oasis Project Bibliography -- App. II List of Archaeological Sites Indexed by the Dakhleh Oasis Project.

ISBN

• 190018849X
• 9781900188494

LCCN

00361787

OCLC

• ocm43368972
• 43368972
• SCSB-1142305

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library