Author: Pierre M. Vermeersch
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Keywords: egyptian, prehistory, monographs, egypt, middle, quarrying, sites, upper, palaeolithic
Number of Pages: 362
Published: 2002-12
List price: $95.50
ISBN-10: 9058672662
ISBN-13: 9789058672667

The field research and associated laboratory analyses reported in this volume represent more than twenty-five years of investigation in Upper and Middle Egypt by the Belgian Middle Egypt Prehistoric Project of Leuven University. During the course of these years, the project excavated many sites with clear evidence of chert mining activities. This book serves to present the results of these investigations, which span in time from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic. The volume begins with a chapter covering the methodological approaches of the analysis of the recovered lithic material, followed

Authors:Marc Waelkens, N. Herz,
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Keywords: stones, east, europe, prehistoric, lovaniensia, monographiae, technology, archaeologica, stone, trade, quarrying, provenance, interdisciplinary, studies, ancient
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 1992-06-30
List price: $90.30
ISBN-10: 9061864941
ISBN-13: 9789061864943