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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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Autore: Shirai Noriyuki <1970-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The archaeology of the first farmer-herders in Egypt [[electronic resource] ] : new insights into the Fayum Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic / / Noriyuki Shirai Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: [Leiden], : Leiden University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (402 p.)
Disciplina: 930.1
Soggetto topico: Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt - Fayyūm
Mesolithic period - Egypt - Fayyūm
Neolithic period - Egypt - Fayyūm
Farmers - Egypt - History
Herders - Egypt - History
Soggetto geografico: Egypt Antiquities
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctorate)--Universiteit Leiden, 2010.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-373).
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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-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
Titolo autorizzato: The archaeology of the first farmer-herders in Egypt  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-69821-8
90-485-1269-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462060303321
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Serie: Archaeological Studies Leiden University