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Radiocarbon Sample Information
Gd-5416 MA21A/83Alfa03 50-70 Age: 5160 ± 50 BP |
Sample name: | MA21A/83Alfa03 50-70 |
Submitter: | Kozłowski Janusz K. |
Institution: |
Uniwersytet Jagielloński Instytut Archeologii ul. Gołębia 11 31-007 Kraków |
Collector: Date of collection: |
Ginter Bolesław Dec 1987 |
Additional information: | From cultural layer, depth 50-70cm, loc. z/alfa 03. |
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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