Paleolithic Man and the Nile Valley in Upper and Middle Egypt: A Study of the Region during Pliocene and Pleistocene Times

Author(s): K. S. Sandford.
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Oriental Institute Publications 18

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This book examines Pliocene and Pleistocene strata in order to determine the age and order of the works of early Man in Upper and Middle Egypt, and to trace, as far as possible, their development and Man's environment toward the point at which purely archeological investigation can take up the story.

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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Introduction

  1. Geological History of the Region before the Pliocene Period
  2. The Pliocene Period
  3. The Pliocene Deposits and the Margins of the Nile Valley
  4. The Lower Paleolithic Stage of the Pleistocene
  5. The Middle Paleolithic Stage
  6. The Transition from Middle to Late Paleolithic Times
  7. The buried Channel of the Nile and the Advent of Neolithic Culture
  8. Human Industries
  9. Summary

Index

  • Oriental Institute Publications 18
  • Prehistoric Survey of Egypt and Western Asia, Volume III
  • Chicago: Oriental Institute, 1934
  • Pp. xxi + 131, 25 figures, 1 map, 39 plates
  • Out of Print
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