The Prehistory of the Egyptian Sahara

作者：Fred Wendorf, Romuald Schild, Rushdi Said, C. Vance Haynes, Achiel Gautier, Michał Kobusiewicz · 发表于：Science · 年份：1976 · DOI：10.1126/science.193.4248.103 · 被引用次数：100 · 研究领域：African Studies and Geopolitics

The Egyptian Sahara was occupied by humans only during specific and sharply restricted time intervals that closely coincide with episodes of significantly increased moisture. The Western Desert did not experience a period of increased moisture coeval with the last major episode of glaciation in N Europe (main Wuerm). Most of the archeological industries are significantly different from those of the same age known from along the Nile. It is unlikely that the Sahara was a significant contributor to the archeological diversity evident along the Nile during the Late Paleolithic. In a discussion of the geological framework, Equus asinus, Melanoides tuberculata, Lymnaea natalensis, Biomphalaria alexandrina, Gyraulus costulatus, Hydrobia sp., Bulinus truncatus, Ceratotherium sinum, Camelus thomasi, Homioceras antiquus, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, Corbicula, Pupoides coenopictus, Zootecus insularis, Gazella rufifrons, G. dama, Vulpes ruppeli and Canis aurenus lupaster are mentioned.