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200 14$aThe archaeology of the first farmer-herders in Egypt$b[electronic resource] $enew insights  into the Fayum Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic /$fNoriyuki Shirai
210   $a[Leiden] $cLeiden University Press$dc2010
215   $a1 online resource (402 p.)
225 0 $aArchaeological studies Leiden University ;$v21
300   $aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctorate)--Universiteit Leiden, 2010.
311   $a90-8728-079-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 343-373).
327   $aThe 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
327   $aReferences English Summary; Nederlandse samenvatting; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Curriculum Vitae
330   $aThe 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-fishers and Neolithic farmer-herders in the Fayum gives a clue as to the mobility and residential strategy of the Fayum people and their time and labour investments in tool production. The Neolitic farmer-herders ( 6th C.B.C.E.) relied heavily on hunting and fishing, which had been the major subsistence activities since the
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606   $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zEgypt$zFayyu?m
606   $aMesolithic period$zEgypt$zFayyu?m
606   $aNeolithic period$zEgypt$zFayyu?m
606   $aFarmers$zEgypt$xHistory
606   $aHerders$zEgypt$xHistory
607   $aEgypt$xAntiquities
615  0$aExcavations (Archaeology)
615  0$aMesolithic period
615  0$aNeolithic period
615  0$aFarmers$xHistory.
615  0$aHerders$xHistory.
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