The Archaeology of Fazzan Volume 1, : Synthesis Volume 1, :
This book seeks to advance knowledge of human settlement and adaptation in the world's largest desert, the sahara. Previous studies focussed on the prehistoric phases but this study takes a wider historical and geographical perspective. It sets out to combine the results of several field campai...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Society for Libyan Studies
2003.
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| Colección: | Society for Libyan Studies Monograph.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009662707406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Concordance of Place-names
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- PART I. INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1. Background to the Archaeology of Fazzān
- David Mattingly, with John Dore, David Edwards and John Hawthorne
- Chapter 2. Studies in Geography, Geomorphology, Environment and Climate
- Chapter 3. Historical Summary
- PART II. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF FAZZĀN
- Chapter 4. Results of the Field-Walking Programme 1997-2000 107
- David Mattingly, with Philip Balcombe, Mark Gillings and Tim Reynolds
- Chapter 5. Fortifications, S ettlement and Domestic Architecture 136
- Chapter 6. Religious and Funerary Structures 177
- Chapter 7. Irrigation Technologies: Foggaras, Wells and Field Systems 235
- Chapter 8. The Engraved Heritage: Rock-Art and Inscriptions 279
- Chapter 9. Synthesis of Human Activities in Fazzān 327
- Bibliography 375
- Index 399
- Arabic Abstract 426.
