Raw-material exploitation in the Earlier and Middle Stone Age in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: evidence from Wadi Abu Subeira

Despite its key role in out-of-Africa hominin dispersals, little is known about Pleistocene human occupation of north-eastern Africa outside the Nile Valley and desert oases. A survey in Wadi Abu Subeira aims to help fill this gap and attests to the repeated occupation of the Eastern Desert during t...

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Published in:Antiquity 2024-06, Vol.98 (399), p.1-7
Main Authors: Leplongeon, Alice, Bailly, Maxence, Graff, Gwenola
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeology
Exploitation
Lithic
Oases
Petroglyphs
Pleistocene
Pleistocene Epoch
Project Gallery
Raw materials
Stone
Stone Age
Workshops
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Summary:Despite its key role in out-of-Africa hominin dispersals, little is known about Pleistocene human occupation of north-eastern Africa outside the Nile Valley and desert oases. A survey in Wadi Abu Subeira aims to help fill this gap and attests to the repeated occupation of the Eastern Desert during the Pleistocene.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2024.40