Vermeersch, P.M.; Van Neer, W. & Hendrickx, S., El Abadiya 2, a Naqada I site near Danfiq, Upper Egypt. [in:] Hendrickx, S., Friedman, R.F.; Cialowicz, K.M. & Chlodnicki, M. (eds.), Egypt at its Origins. Studies in Memory of Barbara Adams. OLA 138. Leuven, 2004: 213-276 (original) (raw)

Vermeersch, P., Van Neer, W., Hendrickx, S. (2004). El Abadiya 2, A Naqada I Site near Danfiq, Upper Egypt. In: Hendrickx S., Friedman R., Ciałowicz K., Chłodnicki M. (Eds.), Egypt on its Origins, Studies in Memory of Barbara Adams. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta - Peeters Publishing, 213-276.

Prehistoric and geomorphic Research in Middle Egypt

Palaeoecology of Africa and the Surrounding Islands, 1979

This paper is a progress report of the activities of the Belgian Middle Egypt Prehistoric Project. The studied sites belong to the Acheulean, the Middle and the Upper Palaeolithic period. Important characteristics of the sites and their industries are mentioned. A threefold subdivision of the Nile valley is presented.

VERMEERSCH P.M. 2002. Two Upper Palaeolithic Burials at Nazlet Khater . In: Vermeersch P.M. (Ed.) 2002. Palaeolithic Quarrying Sites in Upper and Middle Egypt. Leuven University Press: 273-282.

273 Nazlet Khater is situated some 12 km west of Tah-ta, Middle Egypt, and close to the valley scarp (fig. 9.1). The area is rich in Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites (Vermeersch 2002). The Nile valley is incised in the hard Thebes lime-stone of Eocene age, forming magnificent cliffs on both sides of the valley. The Thebes Formation consists of thick massive limestone including different layers of flint and chert nodules and some marl. The deeply incised Nile valley itself has been filled with light-green silty clay, of presumably Pliocene age, which forms the basement rock of the lower desert. The green Pliocene silty clays have been eroded by pedi-mentation and are covered by successive wadi and Nile deposits, creating an undulating topography in the Lower Desert (fig. 9.2). The Boulder Hill (fig. 3 & 4), on which the Middle Palaeolithic site of Nazlet Khater 2 (NK2) is situated, forms an isolated oval hill, which culminates at 67.1 m (i.e. 8 m above the floodplain). It is situa...