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Radiocarbon Sample Information
Gd-4492 Dakhleh Oasis 89/1 Age: 4310 ± 80 BP |
Sample name: | Dakhleh Oasis 89/1 |
Submitter: | McDonald Mary M.A |
Institution: |
Uniwersytet w Calgary Wydział Archeologii Calgary |
Collector: Date of collection: |
McDonald Mary M. A. Jan 1989 |
Additional information: | Scattered fragments just below surface of sand in Neolithic rockshelter of the “Sheikh Muftah”, desert 30 km S of Dakhleh Oasis, Site 244. |
Material of sample: | charcoal |
Contamination: | |
Type of site: | excavation |
Field of study: | archaeology |
Sample location: | |
Site name: | Dakhleh Oasis |
Latitude: | 25 48 00N |
Longitude: | 29 05 00E |
Detailed description of the sample location: | |
The Dakhleh Oasis is located in the Egyptian Sahara, with its center at 25 48 N and 29 05 E. | |
Environment description: | |
The oasis is ca. 80 km long and up to 25 km wide, overlooked by a 400-m-high south-facing limestone escarpment. Its floor is flat clay plain, originally lacustrine, and rises slightly northward from 100-135 m asl. |
References to literature: | Radiocarbon Data List XII |
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