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Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-5971 Nabta E-75-6 6/91    Age:  7960 ± 70 BP 
Sample name:  Nabta E-75-6 6/91
Submitter:  Schild Romuald
Institution:
 
 
 PAN Warszawa
 Instytut Historii (IHKM)
 Swierczewskiego 105   00-140 Warszawa

Collector:
Date of collection:
 Schild Romuald
 Feb 1991

Additional information:  Feature 1/91, Square HH/20-21, single pieces of charcoal from the filling of a pit.
Material of sample:  charcoal
Contamination:  none
Type of site:  excavation
Field of study:  archaeology

Sample location:
Site name:  Nabta
Latitude:  22 32 00N
Longitude:  30 42 00E
Detailed description of the sample location:
Nabta Playa, Western Desert, Egypt, elevation 200 m asl.
Environment description:
Early Neolithic settlement on the shore of a seasonal lake.

References to literature:  Radiocarbon Data List XII

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