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Radiocarbon Sample Information
| Gd-3072 MA-18/83 ogn.1 Age: 5090 ± 50 BP |
| Sample name: | MA-18/83 ogn.1 |
| Submitter: | Ginter Bolesław |
| Institution: |
Uniwersytet Jagielloński Instytut Archeologii ul. Gołębia 11 31-007 Kraków |
| Collector: Date of collection: |
Ginter Bolesław Dec 1983 |
| Additional information: | From hearth #1, depth 10-25 cm. |
| Material of sample: | charcoal |
| Contamination: | |
| Type of site: | excavation |
| Field of study: | archaeology |
| Sample location: | |
| Site name: | Malkata Armant |
| Latitude: | 25 40 00N |
| Longitude: | 32 35 00E |
| Detailed description of the sample location: | |
| Egypt, eastern boundary of Western Desert. Site MA-2/83 (25 40 N, 32 35 E), elevation 110 m asl; Site MA-6/83 (25 45 N, 32 35 E), elevation 110 m asl; Site MA-17/83 (25 40 N, 32 35 E), elevation 120 m asl; Site MA-18/83 (25 45 N, 32 35 E), elevation 130 m asl; Site MA-21/83 and Site MA-21A/83 (25 45 N, 32 35 E), elevation 130 m asl. | |
| Environment description: | |
| Several sites of Predynastic settlement at Malkata Armant with finds of the Nagadian culture, situated on a sand-and-gravel terrace over the Nile valley. | |
| References to literature: | Radiocarbon Data List XII |
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