Palaeoethnobotanical studies of the Neolithic settlement in Hidden Valley, Farafra Oasis, Egypt
Palaeoethnobotanical studies of the Neolithic settlement in Hidden Valley, Farafra Oasis, Egypt
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埃及法拉弗拉绿洲隐谷新石器时代定居点的古民族植物学研究
DOI：
10.1007/pl00006935
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发表时间：
2001
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
A. Fahmy
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作者：
A. Fahmy
抽象的。位于埃及法拉夫拉绿洲隐谷的新石器时代遗址（B 6028±150 - 5163±374 cal. C.）在一个干湖（沙漠中的干湖盆地）的岸边，从柱洞、壁炉、石堆和走廊中发现了大量的红树植物遗骸。植物残骸可能是在准备食物的过程中或者当燃料包括种子时碳化的。从40个土壤样品中检索到丰富多样的植物区系，在所有534种子，颗粒，小穗，秆碎片和小叶碎片，这是由于在埃及的植物群的30个分类群。几乎所有样本中的野草占植物遗骸的83%。植物遗骸和考古背景之间的定量相关性进行了讨论。最高密度的植物遗骸记录从壶孔（其中盆站），而附近的querns回收的沉积物显示最低。该遗址的经济显然主要基于与草的采集相关的放牧，这表明法拉弗拉在全新世中期（6077-4511 cal B. C.）比今天多雨，有冬季和夏季的降雨。遗址周围植被的重建包括芦苇植被、水生和湿地植物以及沙漠稀树草原。
Abstract. The Neolithic site at Hidden Valley, Farafra Oasis, Egypt (6028±150 – 5163±374 cal B. C.) on the shores of a playa (dry lake basin in the desert), yielded a large quantity of carbonized plant remains from post-holes, hearths, querns and a corridor. The plant remains could have become carbonised during food preparation, or when fuel included seeds. Rich and diverse floras were retrieved from 40 soil samples, in all 534 seeds, grains, spikelets, culm fragments and leaflet fragments which were attributed to 30 taxa in the flora of Egypt. Wild grasses from almost all samples represent 83% of the plant remains. Quantitative correlation between plants remains and archaeological contexts is discussed. The highest density of plant remains was recorded from pot-holes (in which pots were stood), while sediments recovered near querns show the lowest. The economy of the site was apparently based mainly on herding associated with the gathering of grasses which suggests that the climate at Farafra during the middle Holocene (6077–4511 cal B. C.) was wetter than today's, with winter and summer rainfall. A reconstruction of the vegetation around the site comprises reed plant cover, aquatic and wetland plants and desert savanna.