TY - JOUR
T1 - Neolithic occupation of an artesian spring
T2 - KS043 in the Kharga Oasis, Egypt
AU - Briois, François
AU - Midant-Reynes, Béatrix
AU - Marchand, Sylvie
AU - Tristant, Yann
AU - Wuttmann, Michel
AU - De Dapper, Morgan
AU - Lesur, Joséphine
AU - Newton, Claire
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - KS043 is a stratified site associated with a complex of artesian springs. The archaeological remains, as well as a series of radiocarbon determinations, date the site to between 4800 and 4200 B.C. Our study suggests a connection between Saharan pastoralists, forced to move into oasis areas by increasing aridification, and the first Predynastic cultures of the Nile Valley. The site is the only well dated stratified settlement attributed to the Late Neolithic in the eastern Sahara that is characterized by Tasian cultural traditions.
AB - KS043 is a stratified site associated with a complex of artesian springs. The archaeological remains, as well as a series of radiocarbon determinations, date the site to between 4800 and 4200 B.C. Our study suggests a connection between Saharan pastoralists, forced to move into oasis areas by increasing aridification, and the first Predynastic cultures of the Nile Valley. The site is the only well dated stratified settlement attributed to the Late Neolithic in the eastern Sahara that is characterized by Tasian cultural traditions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863429747&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1179/0093469012Z.00000000018
DO - 10.1179/0093469012Z.00000000018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863429747
SN - 0093-4690
VL - 37
SP - 178
EP - 191
JO - Journal of Field Archaeology
JF - Journal of Field Archaeology
IS - 3
ER -