Vermeersch, Pierre M., Linseele, Veerle, Marinova, Elena ORCID: 0000-0003-3793-3317, Van Neer, Wim ORCID: 0000-0003-1710-3623, Moeyersons, Jan and Rethemeyer, Janet ORCID: 0000-0001-6698-4186 (2015). Early and Middle Holocene Human Occupation of the Egyptian Eastern Desert: Sodmein Cave. Afr. Archaeol. Rev., 32 (3). S. 465 - 504. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1572-9842

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Abstract

In this paper, we discuss human occupation during the Early and Middle Holocene in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, based mainly on the data provided by excavated deposits from the Sodmein Cave, which produced an important Holocene stratigraphic sequence. This sequence is dated by a large number of conventional and AMS C-14 dates. It appears that the area was empty of human occupation during the Late Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the earliest Holocene. With improved climatic conditions, humans arrived in the area, as hunter-gatherers using no ceramics, from around 7.1 to 6.4 Ka cal BC. Humans were absent from the cave during the Holocene 8.2 Ka event (ca. 6.3 Ka cal BC). From 6.2 to 5.0 Ka cal BC, herders visited the site on a regular basis importing caprines. The bone evidence for domesticated small stock is very limited at Sodmein but is nevertheless extremely important, as it contains the oldest known specimens for Africa to date. After 5.0 Ka cal BC, the area was almost entirely deserted.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Vermeersch, Pierre M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Linseele, VeerleUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Marinova, ElenaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-3793-3317UNSPECIFIED
Van Neer, WimUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-1710-3623UNSPECIFIED
Moeyersons, JanUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rethemeyer, JanetUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-6698-4186UNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-395163
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-015-9195-6
Journal or Publication Title: Afr. Archaeol. Rev.
Volume: 32
Number: 3
Page Range: S. 465 - 504
Date: 2015
Publisher: SPRINGER
Place of Publication: NEW YORK
ISSN: 1572-9842
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
RED-SEA MOUNTAINS; WORLD; SHEEP; KAMultiple languages
Anthropology; ArchaeologyMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/39516

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