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Chert Quarrying, Lithic Technology and a Modern Human Burial at the Palaeolithic Site of Taramsa 1, Upper Egypt - Couverture souple

Van Peer, Philip; Vermeersch, Pierre M.; Paulissen, Etienne

 
9789058677860: Chert Quarrying, Lithic Technology and a Modern Human Burial at the Palaeolithic Site of Taramsa 1, Upper Egypt
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9058677869 ISBN 13 : 9789058677860
Editeur : Leuven University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This monograph presents the comprehensive report of the excavations of the Belgian Middle Egypt Prehistoric Project at the site of Taramsa 1, near Qena in Upper Egypt. Human groups have exploited chert cobbles at this locale throughout the entire Middle Stone Age. The major Activity Phases at the site are identified with the aid of a series of chronometric dates. The various excavation sectors are meticulously described, both their stratigraphy and the spatial layout of the lithic production activities. One of the most significant finds at the site was the burial of a modern human child. A chapter is devoted to the description of the stratigraphic context of this burial and its dating. The technological analysis establishes Taramsa 1 as a key site in Northeast Africa, bearing witness to a long sequence of change culminating in an Upper Palaeolithic blade technology. Most significant is the dating of the earliest stage of the transition, at around 60,000 years ago, thus suggesting that the Lower Nile Valley was an early core area for the origin of the Upper Palaeolithic of Eurasia. The text is supplemented with numerous sections and plans, as well as artefact illustrations and photographs.

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À propos de l'auteur

Philip Van Peer is professor of Archaeology at the Prehistoric Archaeology Unit of the Institute of Geo-Sciences of KU Leuven. Philip Van Peer is als gewoon hoogleraar bij de Onderzoeksgroep Archeologie KU Leuven verantwoordelijke van het Centrum voor Landschapsarcheologie. Hij won de Pioniersprijs Humane Wetenschappen 2019 met onderzoek naar de neanderthaler in onze gebieden. Pierre Vermeersch is Professor of Prehistory at KU Leuven. Etienne Paulissen is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences of the Institute of Geo-Sciences of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This monograph presents the comprehensive report of the excavations of the Belgian Middle Egypt Prehistoric Project at the site of Taramsa 1, near Qena in Upper Egypt. Human groups have exploited chert cobbles at this locale throughout the entire Middle Stone Age. The major Activity Phases at the site are identified with the aid of a series of chronometric dates. The various excavation sectors are meticulously described, both their stratigraphy and the spatial layout of the lithic production activities. One of the most significant finds at the site was the burial of a modern human child. A chapter is devoted to the description of the stratigraphic context of this burial and its dating. The technological analysis establishes Taramsa 1 as a key site in Northeast Africa, bearing witness to a long sequence of change culminating in an Upper Palaeolithic blade technology. Most significant is the dating of the earliest stage of the transition, at around 60,000 years ago, thus suggesting that the Lower Nile Valley was an early core area for the origin of the Upper Palaeolithic of Eurasia. The text is supplemented with numerous sections and plans, as well as artefact illustrations and photographs.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Leuven University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9058677869
ISBN 13 
9789058677860
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
312
Coordonnées du fabricant
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