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Lithic artifacts

Late Paleolithic kill-butchery-camp in Upper Egypt, by Fred Wendorf ...[et al • Dallas, Texas • Published In 1997 • Pages: 21-32

By: Wendorf, Fred, Schild, Romuald.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This chapter describes the lithic artifacts found at site K12 during the 1995 season. It describes the lithic material used, the debitage, cores, types of tools made (using the classification system proposed by Tixier in 1963), and briefly compares these lithic artifacts with the collections made in 1973 and 1990.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Organization and analysis of results of research
Mineral resources
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
essay
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
1967, 1990, 1994, 1995
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
19,100 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Site E71K12; near Esna, Egypt
NotesAdditional notes
by Fred Wendorf and Romuald Schild
For bibliographical references see document 11: Wendorf ... [et al.]
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Paleolithic period--Egypt/Egypt--Antiquities