In:
Libyan Studies, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 39 ( 2000-02), p. 175-221
Kurzfassung:
The second (2008) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project has significantly advanced understanding of the Haua Fteah stratigraphy and of the archaeology and geomorphology of the landscape in which the cave is located. The excavations of the McBurney backfill have reached a total depth of 7.5 m below the present ground surface, the depth at which two human mandibles were found in the 1950s excavations. Reconnaissance at the Hagfet ed-Dabba established that the sediments associated with the Upper Palaeolithic ‘Dabban’ industry were more or less entirely removed by the McBurney excavation. Exploratory excavations in the Hagfet al-Gama, a coastal cave west of the Haua Fteah, found evidence of Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Hellenistic occupation. The initial results from the study of botanical remains, both macroscopic and microscopic, obtained in the 2007 season at the Haua Fteah confirm the potential of the site to yield a rich suite of materials to inform on climatic and environmental change, and on human activities in the cave.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0263-7189
,
2052-6148
DOI:
10.1017/S0263718900010074
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publikationsdatum:
2000
ZDB Id:
2050141-9
SSG:
6,14