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ULVS XVII: Palaeoecology and Agriculture of an Abandonment Phase at Gasr Mm 10, Wadi Mimoun, Tripolitania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

C. O. Hunt ,
D. D. Gilbertson ,
R. D. S. Jenkinson ,
M. van der Veen ,
G. Yates  and
P. C. Buckland
C. O. Hunt
Affiliation:
Creswell Crags Visitor Centre, Worksop, Notts
D. D. Gilbertson
Affiliation:
Dept of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield
R. D. S. Jenkinson
Affiliation:
Creswell Crags Visitor Centre, Worksop, Notts
M. van der Veen
Affiliation:
Dept of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield
G. Yates
Affiliation:
Dept of Geography, University of Liverpool
P. C. Buckland
Affiliation:
Dept of Geography, University of Birmingham
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Abstract

This study documents the sediments, pollen, seeds, molluscs, vertebrates and mineral magnetism of deposits found in an abandoned water supply system at gasr Mm 10 in the Wadi Mimoun in the pre-desert of Tripolitania. These new data suggest (1) at or close to an episode of probable abandonment of that gasr, the growth of cereals (and perhaps general agricultural activity) still occurred on the wadi catchment upstream of the gasr, and (2) the vegetation of the adjacent wadi floor was richer in species (which included olive) than occurs today.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 18 , 1987 , pp. 1 - 13
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1987

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