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New radiocarbon dates and Late Palaeolithic diet at Wadi Kubbaniya, Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Fred Wendorf ,
Romuald Schild ,
Angela E. Close ,
Gordon C. Hillman ,
Achilles Gautier ,
Wim van Neer ,
D.J. Donahue ,
A.J.T. Jull  and
T.W. Linick
Fred Wendorf
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, USA
Romuald Schild
Affiliation:
Institute for the History of Material Culture, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Swierczewskiego 105, 00-140 Warsaw, Poland
Angela E. Close
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, USA
Gordon C. Hillman
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University of London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPY
Achilles Gautier
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Palaeontology, Geological Institute, Rijksuniversiteit-Gent, Krijgslaan 281/S8, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Wim van Neer
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Prehistory, Institute of Earth Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Redingenstraat 16bis, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
D.J. Donahue
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
A.J.T. Jull
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
T.W. Linick
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Vegetable remains are a rarity in Palueolithic contexts. These new determinations on material from southern Egypt establish securely the date of an intensive grass-tuber and fish economy in the Nile Valley towards 20,000 years ago.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 235 , June 1988 , pp. 279 - 283
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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