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Autore |
Shirai Noriyuki <1970-> |
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The archaeology of the first farmer-herders in Egypt [[electronic resource] ] : new insights into the Fayum Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic / / Noriyuki Shirai |
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[Leiden], : Leiden University Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-69821-8 |
90-485-1269-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (402 p.) |
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Collana |
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Archaeological studies Leiden University ; ; 21 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt - Fayyūm |
Mesolithic period - Egypt - Fayyūm |
Neolithic period - Egypt - Fayyūm |
Farmers - Egypt - History |
Herders - Egypt - History |
Egypt Antiquities |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctorate)--Universiteit Leiden, 2010. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-373). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Archaeology of the First Farmer-Herders in Egypt; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Neolithisation in Egypt in a wider context; 3. Background to research in the Fayum; 4. Explanatory and predictive models for the beginning of farming and herding in the Fayum; 5. The Fayum Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic in the light of new survey results; 6. Lithic technological organisation and mobility in the Fayum Epipalaeolithic; 7. Lithic technological organisation and mobility in the Fayum Neolithic; 8. The diffusion of material culture and domesticates from the Levant to Egypt; 9. Synthesis |
References English Summary; Nederlandse samenvatting; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Curriculum Vitae |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Archaeology of the First Farmer-Herders in Egypt explores how and why farming and herding started in the Fayum, which is a large oasis with a permanent lake in the Egyptian Western Desert. Noriyuki Shirai's research on lithic artefacts used by the Epipalaeolithic hunter- |
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