Reports from the Survey of the Dakhleh Oasis 1977-87 (Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph)

The survey's major aspects - archaeological, anthropological, biological - provide a general introduction to the Oasis. The major topics presented are geomorphology, stratiography, palaeontology, recent biology, Pleistocene and Holocene lithic cultures, pottery from Neolithic Islamic times and Roman Period Settlement. Contents include: Geography, geology and geoarchaeology of the Dakhleh Oasis Region (M R Kleindienst, C S Churcher, M M A McDonald & H P Schwarcz); A note on the late cretaceous vertebrate fauna of Dakhleh oasis (C S Churcher); Soil fungi from eastern Dakhleh oasis (J C Krug & K Shah Khan); Flora, vegetation and palaeobotany (J C Ritchie); Pleistocene archaeology and geoarchaeology: a status report (M R Kleindienst); Neolithic cultural units and adaptations (Mary M A McDonald); Holocene faunas (C S Churcher); Notes on the recent fauna (Alan F Hollett & C S Churcher); Pharaonic Egyptians in the Dakhleh Oasis (A J Mills); Pathologically slender human long bones (Peter G Sheldrick); Conservation, preservation and presentation of monuments and objects (Adam K Zielinski); Kellis, survey at a Romano-Byzantine town at Ismant el-Kharab (James E Knudstad & Rosa A Frey); Pottery manufacture