Late Paleolithic Egypt

Abstract

This collection of 19 documents describes the archaeological tradition known as Late Paleolithic Egypt that inhabited Egypt and northern Sudan between approximately 25000 BP and 7000 BP. No single document provides a comprehensive overview. Hassan analyzes lithic collections from 10 sites in the Dishna Plain. Lubell was the first to describe the Fakhurian industry from five sites around Deir El-Fakhuri. Butler and Rao also contribute to that description, with Butler presenting analysis of skeletal material from site E71K1. Other Fakhurian sites are described, including those near Ballana and Tushka. Phillips describes sites E71K12 and E71K13, near Esna. Vermeersch discusses two sites with evidence that the inhabitants may have been drying or preserving fish. Six of these texts were previously published in: A late paleolithic kill-butchery-camp in upper Egypt by Fred Wendorf.