The Archaeology of the Dishna Plain, Egypt: A Study of a Late Palaeolithic Settlement

Alcelaphus archaeological ATTRIBUTES average backed bladelets blade index burin facet cent chert Churcher Clactonian collections Composite tools consist core slabs cortex debitage blanks debris denticulated pieces dihedral dihedral burin discoidal cores Dishna Plain distal Dorcas gazelle dorsal double burin double platform cores endscrapers flakes and blades floodplain frequency of major Gautier Gazella gazelle Gemaian hartebeest Isna Isnan industry Khormusan Kom Ombo length length/width ratio Levallois flake located major tool classes manufactural Mean S.D. Mean microburins microlithic modified edge multiple burin Multiple platform Nile Valley Nilotic non-cortical non-primary flakes notched pieces notches and denticulates Nubia Nubian wild ass occurrences Palaeolithic platform angle Pleistocene primary flakes red-fronted gazelle retouched pieces S.D. Mean S.D. Sahaba samples savanna scaled pieces scars Sebilian sidescrapers silt unit similar Simple endscraper single platform cores surface Table thickness truncated pieces types of retouch Unfaceted Upper Egypt wadi deposits Wendorf and Schild width