Early holocene pottery in the western desert of egypt: New data from nabta playa

Antiquity

Volumn 85, Issue 327, 2011, Pages 99-115

  Jórdeczka, Maciej ^a   Królik, Halina ^a   Masojć, Mirosław ^b   Schild, Romuald ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Early Holocene (10 9k BP); El Adam; Nabta Playa; Nile Valley; Pottery

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951866642     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00067466     Document Type: Article

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