Sites with Holocene dung deposits in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Visited by herders?

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 818-828

  Linseele, V ^a   Marinova, E ^a   Van Neer, W ^a,b   Vermeersch, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Domestic ovicaprines; Dung; Neolithic; Sodmein; Tree Shelter

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EXCRETION; MANURE; NEOLITHIC; PALEOBOTANY; PASTORALISM; SHELTER;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77950019465     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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