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A Reassessment of the Origins of the Predynastic in Upper Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

D. Tangri
D. Tangri*
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Department of Archaeology, A14, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Abstract

Recent arguments about the origins of the Predynastic in Upper Egypt have posited connections between the lithic industries of that region and those of the Western Desert. It has been further claimed that a mid-Holocene arid period may have led the inhabitants of the desert regions to migrate to the Nile Valley. This essay argues that the evidence of stone tools, as well as ceramic evidence from Dakhla Oasis, fail to support the ‘desert migration’ model, at least as it applies to Dakhla Oasis.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , 1992 , pp. 111 - 125
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1992

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