Book
The archaeology of the Dishna Plain, Egypt: a study of a late palaeolithic settlement
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Wealth, the Geological Survey of Egypt and Mining Authority • (59) • Published In 1974 • Pages: 174
By: Hassan, Fekri A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Hassan analyzed the lithic collections from 10 'occurrences' from the Dishna Plain near Qena. The remains from these occurrences consisted only of lithic artifacts. Hassan compares the artifacts from the Dishna Plain with other Late Paleolithic lithic industries found throughout the Nile Valley. The artifacts can be broken into Sebilian and Isnan industries. Using faunal material from contemporary sites, Hassan attempts to reconstruct the environment and population size at the time the occurrences were in use.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Cultural participation
- Lithic industries
- Settlement patterns
- General tools
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Paleolithic Egypt
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 14,000 BP-12,000 BP (12,000 B.C.- 10,000 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dishna Plain; Upper Egypt, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Fekri A. Hassan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-174)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79109725
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleolithic period--Egypt/Egypt--Antiquities