book chapter
The Fakhurian: a late paleolithic industry from Upper Egypt
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Wealth, Geological Survey of Egypt and Mining Authority • (58) • Published In 1974 • Pages: i-x, 1-175, 187-193
By: Lubell, David, Hay'ah al-MisrĪyah al-'āmmah lil-Misāhah al-JiyūlūjĪyah wa-al-Mashrū'āt al-Ta`dinĪyah.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Lubell describes the Late Paleolithic archaeological data from five sites around the Deir El-Fakhuri locality 11 kilometers northwest of Esna and to the west of the Nile. The fieldwork was part of the various fieldwork undertaken prior to the completion of the Aswan High Dam. Lubell gives the assemblage the name of Fakhurian. Found were lithic artifacts and bone. The bone indicates the diet consisted of fish and land and aquatic mammals. The various stone tools and lithic technologies used to create them are discussed in detail.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Lithic industries
- 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 chapter
- 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
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- circa 18,000 BP (circa 16,000 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Deir El-Fakhuri locality; Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- by David Lubell
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-193)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80497909
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleolithic period--Egypt/Egypt--Antiquities