1. Neolithic occupation of an artesian spring: KS043 in the Kharga Oasis, Egypt
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Yann Tristant, Morgan De Dapper, Michel Wuttmann, Claire Newton, Béatrix Midant-Reynes, Joséphine Lesur, Sylvie Marchand, François Briois, Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés (TRACES), Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire (IFAO), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), Ghent University, Department of Geography, Univ, Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements (AASPE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Centre de Bio-Archéologie et d'Ecologie (CBAE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), and Tristant, Yann
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010506 paleontology ,Archeology ,[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,060102 archaeology ,Artesian aquifer ,Pastoralism ,06 humanities and the arts ,Ancient history ,01 natural sciences ,Archaeology ,law.invention ,Geography ,Aridification ,law ,0601 history and archaeology ,Radiocarbon dating ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
KS043 is a stratified site associated with a complex of artesian springs. The archaeological remains, as well as a series of radiocarbon determinations, date the site to between 4800 and 4200 b.c. Our study suggests a connection between Saharan pastoralists, forced to move into oasis areas by increasing aridification, and the first Predynastic cultures of the Nile Valley. The site is the only well dated stratified settlement attributed to the Late Neolithic in the eastern Sahara that is characterized by Tasian cultural traditions.
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- 2012