Holocene environmental changes in the Gebel Umm Hammad, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Moeyersons, J; Vermeersch, Pierre; Beeckman, Hans; Peer, Philip Van

doi:10.1016/s0169-555x(98)00067-1

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“…In the Eastern Sahara, at this latitude, it seems that the wettest period was around 7.0 Ka cal BC (Moeyersons et al 1999;Wendorf et al 2001;Kuper and Kröpelin 2006). At the Tree Shelter site, humans (Elkabian) exploited the desert around 7.0 Ka cal BC (Vermeersch 2008) and yet by 5.7 Ka cal BC the Elkabian deposit (AH5) had been partially eroded by wadi activity.…”

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“…1, 2 and 3) is located in the Red Sea Mountains of the Egyptian Eastern Desert, at 26°14′ 27″ N and 33°58′ 12″ E, about 35 km to the NNW of Quseir in an area where limestone of the Thebes Formation is outcropping. The geology and geomorphology of the Sodmein Cave were studied by Moeyersons et al (1996Moeyersons et al ( , 1999Moeyersons et al ( , 2002. The slightly sloping cave floor is 41 m wide, 10 to 20 m deep and 18 m high at the entrance.…”

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Early and Middle Holocene Human Occupation of the Egyptian Eastern Desert: Sodmein Cave

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“…Sheep, goat, Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) or ibex (Capra ibex) addition, the results of the wood charcoal determinations mentioned in Moeyersons et al (1999) are integrated in the diagram. Because of the morphological resemblance of the various species, the identifications of Acacia wood are indicated as "Acacia-type."…”

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“…This group, particularly Acacia and Salvadora, dominates the charcoal assemblage. Other evidence shows that after 8.0 ka more stable conditions with regular and less heavy rains -compared to the Early Holocene torrential rains -occurred near the site (Moeyersons et al, 1999). During the occupation of AH 3-1 at the Tree Shelter, most probably stands of Acacia and Salvadora developed at the wadi edges (A. radiana dominates today in the main wadis, A. tortilis and A. ehrenbergiana in the tributaries).…”

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Holocene environment and subsistence patterns near the Tree Shelter, Red Sea Mountains, Egypt

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The Tree Shelter site dates to the Early to Mid-Holocene (8000 to 4900 14 C yr BP). Present conditions around the site are hyperarid, but charcoal remains indicate less severe aridity at the time of its occupation. The environment around the site then supported a rich wadi vegetation, which allowed hunting during the Epipaleolithic and herding during the Neolithic occupation. Although more favorable than today, the environmental conditions also displayed a desert character and seem to have limited the range of domestic herbivores introduced in the area.

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Rare Holocene sediment deposits from Sodmein Playa (Eastern Desert, Egypt)—Stratigraphic assessment and environmental setting

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Sodmein Playa is one of the rare Pleistocene open‐air sites in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Based on the associated stone artefact material, it could be assigned to the Middle Stone Age/Last Interglacial. However, it has not yet been possible to clarify whether the sediments at the basin originated during the Pleistocene or later during Holocene wet phases. Our integrative approach combining Optically Stimulated Luminescence chronology, and cryptotephra analysis, allows us to link the environmental archive of Sodmein Playa with the site of Sodmein Cave. Sodmein Playa indicates wetter climate conditions starting around 9 ka with a (relative) maximum around 7 ka, in line with the general framework of the Holocene Humid Period in Northeast Africa. Despite the climatic similarity, regional environmental differences can still be identified and the effective available water around Sodmein Playa is reduced. The results are well integrated into the current archaeological knowledge with the change from hunter‐gatherers to herders during the Holocene in the area. Analyses of cryptotephra reveal a wide range of source regions, including Eastern and Central Anatolian, the Azores, and the Aegean, as well as those which remain uncorrelated. A tentative correlation with the Holocene cryptotephra record from Sodmein Cave is established.

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Holocene environmental changes in the Gebel Umm Hammad, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Cited by 44 publications

References 14 publications

Early and Middle Holocene Human Occupation of the Egyptian Eastern Desert: Sodmein Cave

Early and Middle Holocene Human Occupation of the Egyptian Eastern Desert: Sodmein Cave

Holocene environment and subsistence patterns near the Tree Shelter, Red Sea Mountains, Egypt

Rare Holocene sediment deposits from Sodmein Playa (Eastern Desert, Egypt)—Stratigraphic assessment and environmental setting

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