essay
Environmental conditions for early settlement at Minshat Abu Omar, Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt
nile delta in transition : 4th.-3rd. millennium b.c. : proceedings of the seminar held in cairo, 21.-24. october 1990, at the netherlands institute of archaeology and arabic studies • Tel Aviv, Israel • Published In 1992 • Pages: 157-166
By: Andres, Wolfgang, Wunderlich, Jürgen.
Abstract
Drillings and geo-electical soundings for paleogeographical investigations were conducted to determine the subsurface around Minshat Abu Omar. Swamps or marsh were near the mound in the 4th to 3rd millenium B.C. Minshat Abu Omar and the eastern Delta are compared to the western Delta. One point of these investigations is to find out where settlements might be found. The environmental conditions back to the Neolithic were discussed. Only the data that pertain to the Late Chalcolithic to the Early Dynastic periods were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Northern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2004
- Field Date
- 1988
- Coverage Date
- 5500 BP- 5000 BP (3500 B.C.-3000 B.C.)
- Coverage Place
- Minshat Abu Omar and the Delta; Egypt
- Notes
- Wolfgang Andres and Jürgen Wunderlich
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-166)
- LCCN
- 93135611
- LCSH
- Egypt--Antiquities/Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.