Prehistory of the Nile Valley

List of ContributorsIntroductionPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I Description 1 An Introduction to the Physiography of the Nile Valley Physiographic Divisions 2 General Geology of the El-Kilh Area Variegated Shale The Duwi Formation The Dakhla Formation Quaternary Deposits Structures 3 Quaternary Stratigraphy and Archaeology of the EI-Kilh Area Introduction The El-Kilh Sites Discussion of the Stratigraphy at El-Kilh 4 Geology of the Isna Area (West of the Nile) Stratigraphy Structures 5 Quaternary Geology and Archaeology of the Isna Area Introduction Sites at Deir El-Fakhuri Sites in the Vicinity of Wadi No. 6 Sites Near Thomas Afia Village Sites Near No. 4 Village Miscellaneous Sites in the Reclamation Area General Reconstruction of the Fossil Landscape in the Isna Area 6 Geology of the Dandara Area 7 Survey of the West Bank from the Valley of the Kings to Gebel El-Duqm Summary of Events in the Dandara Area 8 Geology of the Dishna-Makhadma Area 9 Quaternary Geology and Archaeology of the Makhadma Area 10 Pleistocene Stratigraphy and Archaeology of the Dishna Area Introduction Older Units Later Stratigraphy The Dishna Sites General Reconstruction of the Fossil Landscape at Dishna 11 Geology of the Fayum Depression 12 Archaeology and Pleistocene Stratigraphy of the Northern Fayum Depression Introduction Recent Work in the Northern Fayum The Oldest or Paleomoeris Lake The Premoeris (Terminal Paleolithic) Lake Summary of the Holocene Lacustine Events in the Fayum DepressionPart II Synthesis 13 The Older Nilotic Deposits Rethinking the Dibeira-Jer and Ballana Formations of Nubia The Deir El-Fakhuri Recession Rethinking the Sahaba Aggradation The Post-Sahaba-Darau Recession Later Nile SedimentsAppendix A Diatoms from the Site E71K14, Area A, Trench 1, Upper Diatomaceous Silt (Unit 4, Figure 31)Appendix B Mineral Analysis of Samples from Sites E71K14, Areas A and DAppendix c Analysis of Grain from Sites E71K14 and E71K15Appendix D Heavy Mineral Analysis of Some Pleistocene Sediments in the Nile Valley Introduction Samples Results and Discussion ReferencesAppendix E X-Ray Mineralogy of Some Quaternary Nile SedimentsAppendix F Granulometric Analysis of the Sand Fraction of Some Quaternary Nile SedimentsAppendix G Freshwater Mollusks and Mammals from Upper Palaeolithic Sites Near Idfu and Isna Mollusks Mammals Discussion ReferencesAppendix H Animal Remains from Localities Near DishnaAppendix I Animal Remains from Archeological Sites of Terminal Paleolithic to Old Kingdom Age in the Fayum Introduction Description of the Material Discussion and Conclusions ReferencesAppendix J Fish Remains from Upper Paleolithic Sites Near Idfu and Isna Introduction Site Reports Discussion ReferencesAppendix K Wear Patterns on Some Lithic Artifacts from Isnan Sites ReferencesSubject Index