Book
The Haua Fteah (Cyrenaica) and the Stone Age of the south-east Mediterranean
Syndics of the Cambridge University Press • Cambridge, England • Published In 1967 • Pages:
By: McBurney, C. B. M. (Charles Brian Montague).
Abstract
Note: The descriptions for Plate III.2 (a) and Plate III.2 (c) are reversed. The Haua Fteah is a cave site on the Cyrenaican coast of Libya. The deposits extend back 80,000 to 100,000 years. The time periods we are concerned with are the terminal stages of the Dabban culture, the Eastern Oranian, and the Libyco-Capsian tradition. McBurney describes the climatic changes, fauna, diet, and the tools found in the site; which are mostly stone tools as bone tools do not appear until the Oranian levels and even then they are not very numerous until the Libyco-Capsian. The site is compared to other sites in the Maghreb and the Mediterranean. And McBurney speculates as to the origins of the various culture changes and their probable corresponding ethnic movement of people.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Northern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 1999
- Field Date
- 1951, 1952, 1955
- Coverage Date
- 20,000 BP - 7,500 BP
- Coverage Place
- Haua Fteah; Cyrenaica, Libya
- Notes
- By C. B. M. McBurney
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-380) and index
- LCCN
- 67010257
- LCSH
- Maghreb--Antiquities