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Reconnaissance investigation of the palynology of Holocene wadi deposits in Cyrenaica, Libya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

Chris Hunt ,
H. A. Elrishi  and
Abd T. Hassan
Chris Hunt
Affiliation:
Department of Geographical and Environmental Sciences, Huddersfield University
H. A. Elrishi
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Garyunis University, Benghazi, Libya
Abd T. Hassan
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Garyunis University, Benghazi, Libya
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Abstract

Pollen assemblages from the base of silty alluvium in three wadi-fills in Cyrenaica are described. They show evidence for forest clearance and cultivation, including the likely cultivation of olive. This suggests that the samples are broadly of Graeco-Roman age, and that the silty alluvium started to accumulate in these wadis as the result of the landscape impact of agricultural expansion.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 33 , 2002 , pp. 1 - 7
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 2002

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