The Middle Holocene Shell Mound of E1 Gouna on the Red Sea (Egypt)

In the El Gouna (Hurghada) area on the Red Sea of Egypt, a Middle Holocene shell mound from around 5800 B.P. (uncalibrated radiocarbon years before A.D. 1950) has been tested by a restricted excavation. Collection of shellfish on the Red shore provided subsistence opportunities for Middle Holocene g...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of field archaeology 2005-12, Vol.30 (4), p.435-442
Hauptverfasser:	Vermeersch, Pierre M., van Peer, Philip, Rots, Veerle, van Kerckhoven, Liesbeth, van Neer, Wim
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Charcoal Coasts Field Reports: Excavation and Survey Material culture Mollusks Quartz Radiocarbon Sand Seas Shell middens Wadis
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Zusammenfassung:	In the El Gouna (Hurghada) area on the Red Sea of Egypt, a Middle Holocene shell mound from around 5800 B.P. (uncalibrated radiocarbon years before A.D. 1950) has been tested by a restricted excavation. Collection of shellfish on the Red shore provided subsistence opportunities for Middle Holocene groups coeval with the Early Predynastic Tasian of the Nile Valley. The El Gouna site demonstrates for the first time that prehistoric shell mounds exist near the Egyptian Red Sea shore.
ISSN:	0093-4690