Holocene Settlement of the Egyptian Sahara: Volume 2
Subtitle: The Pottery of Nabta Playa
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780306466137
Subjects: African history: BCE to c 500 CE; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Ancient Egypt; Ancient - Egypt; Archaeology; Social Science / Archaeology; Penology; Egypt; Excavations (Archaeology); Nabta Playa Sites (Egypt); Neolithic period; Plant remains (Archaeology); Western Desert
First sentence: The ceramic assemblages from the Nabta Playa and Bir Kiseiba area have played an important role in recognizing and defining the cultural sequence in the Egyptian Western Desert (Figures 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3).