Prehistory of the Nile Valley

Fred Wendorf, Romuald Schild, Stuart Struever

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9780127439501
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483274836
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Geology & Earth Sciences
• Index: Social Sciences

Studies in Archeology: Prehistory of the Nile Valley provides information pertinent to the prehistoric settlements along the Nile Valley. This book presents brief descriptions and the characteristics of the primary archeological taxonomic entities defined in the post-Nubia work. Organized into two parts encompassing 13 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the physiography of the Nile Valley and the Nile River, which gives fertility to the desert and attracts people to live beside its banks. This text then describes the geology of the El-Kilh area that lies on the west bank of the Nile about 15 km north of Idfu. Other chapters consider the series of lake aggradations and recessions during the Holocene in the Fayum Depression. This book discusses as well the development of the landscape at Dishna. The final chapter deals with the abundant geological and archeological data in Nubia. This book is a valuable resource for anthropologists.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Prehistory of the Nile Valley
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Dedication
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• PART 1: Description
• PART 2: Synthesis
• Appendix A: Diatoms from the Site E71K14, Area A, Trench 1, Upper Diatomaceous Silt (Unit 4, Figure 31)
• Appendix B: Mineral Analysis of Samples from Site E71K14, Areas A and D
• Appendix C: Analysis of Grain from Sites E71K14 and E71K15
• Appendix D: Heavy Mineral Analysis of Some Pleistocene Sediments in the Nile Valley
• Appendix E: X-Ray Mineralogy of Some Quaternary Nile Sediments
• Appendix F: Granulometric Analysis of the Sand Fraction of Some Quaternary Nile Sediments
• Appendix G: Freshwater Mollusks and Mammals from Upper Palaeolithic Sites Near Idfu and Isna
• Appendix H: Animal Remains from Localities Near Dishna
• Appendix I: Animal Remains from Archeological Sites of Terminal Paleolithic to Old Kingdom Age in the Fayum
• Appendix J: Fish Remains from Upper Paleolithic Sites Near Idfu and Isna
• Appendix K: Wear Patterns on Some Lithic Artifacts from Isnan Sites
• References
• Subject Index