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| Gd-5982 Dakhleh O. DOP 6/91 Age: 5750 ± 50 BP δ 13C: -1.00‰ (PBD) |
| Sample name: | Dakhleh O. DOP 6/91 |
| Submitter: | McDonald Mary M.A |
| Institution: |
Uniwersytet w Calgary Wydział Archeologii Calgary |
| Collector: Date of collection: |
McDonald Mary M. A. Feb 1991 |
| Additional information: | Ostrich eggshell from the surface around hearth #44, Bashendi culture Group B, Site 276. | Gd-5985. DOP 91#19 7180 ± 60 deltaC13 = -3.2%o | Ostrich eggshell from the surface excavation of an isolated | stone circle (hut circle?), depth 0-20cm, Site 277. | Gd-6535. DOP. 91#20 4380 ± 120 | Very fine charcoal, underlying the surface, from an area of burning | consisting of isolated patches under windblown sand filling a hut circle, | Site 277. | |||
| Material of sample: | other | ||||||||||
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| 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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