Egypt During the Last Interglacial: The Middle Paleolithic of Bir Tarfawi and Bir Sahara East

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-10
Contribution to the Stratigraphy of the Area of Bir Tarfawi and Bir Sahara East....Pages 11-14
Middle Paleolithic Lakes in the Southwestern Desert of Egypt....Pages 15-65
Sedimentology of Pleistocene Deposits Associated with Middle Paleolithic Sites in Bir Tarfawi and Bir Sahara East....Pages 66-105
Chemical Stratigraphy of Lacustrine Sequences Deposited During Latest Pleistocene Pluvial Periods in the Eastern Sahara....Pages 106-114
Lacustrine Paleoenvironments of the Area of Bir Tarfawi-Bir Sahara East Reconstructed from Fossil Ostracods and the Chemistry of their Shells....Pages 115-119
Diatoms from the Pool in Section BT-A of Bir Tarfawi....Pages 120-120
The Middle Paleolithic Archaeofaunas from Bir Tarfawi (Western Desert, Egypt)....Pages 121-143
Fish Remains from the Last Interglacial at Bir Tarfawi (Eastern Sahara, Egypt)....Pages 144-154
Remains of Small Vertebrates from Bir Tarfawi and Their Paleoecological Significance....Pages 155-204
Uranium-Series Dating of Carbonates from Bir Tarfawi and Bir Sahara East....Pages 205-217
Bir Tarfawi: A Stratigraphic Test of Uranium-Series Dating of Tooth Enamel....Pages 218-223
Thermoluminescence Dating of Deposits from the Area of Bir Sahara East and Bir Tarfawi....Pages 224-226
Thermoluminescence Dates for Burnt Earth Samples from Bir Sahara East and a Burnt Core from Bir Tarfawi....Pages 227-228
Optical Dating of Sediment Samples from Bir Tarfawi and Bir Sahara East: an Initial Report....Pages 229-233
Electron Spin Resonance Dating of Tooth Enamel from Bir Tarfawi....Pages 234-237
ESR Study of Materials from the Middle Paleolithic of Bir Tarfawi....Pages 238-240
Chronology of Hominid Occupation at Bir Tarfawi and Bir Sahara East, Based on the Epimerization of Isoleucine in Ostrich Eggshells....Pages 241-251
Front Matter....Pages 253-254
The Analysis of Middle Paleolithic Artifacts....Pages 255-260
E-88-14: An Assemblage Associated with the Tarfawi White Lake....Pages 261-264
Front Matter....Pages 253-254
Work at BT-14 During 1974....Pages 265-287
BT-14 Main Excavation: The Archaeological Sequence of the East Lake (1986 and 1987 Seasons)....Pages 288-344
E-87-5: Occupations Dating to the Grey Phases....Pages 345-355
Front Matter....Pages 357-358
E-86-1: A Site Associated with the Sand Pan....Pages 359-372
E-87-4: A Sand Pan Site....Pages 373-379
E-87-1: A Locality Associated with the Sand Pan Delta....Pages 380-398
E-86-2: Occupations During the Grey and Green Phases....Pages 399-411
E-86-3: An Assemblage in Hydromorphic and Basin-Edge Sands of the Lower Lake (Grey Phase 3)....Pages 412-423
E-86-4: Artifacts in Marsh-Related Sands of the Lower Lake (Grey Phase 3)....Pages 424-442
E-87-2: A Site in Lake-Margin Deposits of the Green Phase....Pages 443-458
E-87-3: A Small, Dry-Season Occupation at the Onset of the Green Phase....Pages 459-470
Front Matter....Pages 471-472
E-88-1: The Archaeology of the Sandsheet....Pages 473-487
BS-11: A Site in the Recessional Beach of West Lake 1....Pages 488-511
E-88-11: A Site Associated with West Lake 2....Pages 512-518
BS-12: A Site Associated with West Lake 2 (1988 Excavations)....Pages 519-527
E-88-2: Occupations Associated with West Lake 4....Pages 528-538
Front Matter....Pages 539-539
Spatial Analyses of Middle Paleolithic Localities in the Bir Tarfawi Basin: An Interpretative Study....Pages 541-551
Summary and Conclusions....Pages 552-573
Back Matter....Pages 575-596