Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-rcrh6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-24T01:52:07.983Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Geophysical and palynological investigations of the Tell El Dabaa archaeological site, Nile Delta, Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Salah Y. El Beialy ,
Kevin J. Edwards  and
Ahmed S. El-Mahmoudi
Salah Y. El Beialy
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, El Mansoura University, El Mansoura 35516, Egypt. [email protected]
Kevin J. Edwards
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, Scotland. [email protected]
Ahmed S. El-Mahmoudi
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 17551, UAE. [email protected]
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

The authors present preliminary results of geophysical and palynological reconnaissance at the Tell El Dabaa, eastern Nile Delta. The geophysical survey reveals the presence of floodbasins, levees and channel deposits. Low palynomorph concentrations probably result from the high sedimentation rate and mean that further work is needed on the methods for palynological study in the region.

Keywords

Tell El DabaaNile Deltageophysical surveypollen analysisEgypt
Type
Papers
Information
Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 290 , December 2001 , pp. 735 - 744
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Andres, W. & Wunderlich, J.. 1992. Environmental conditions for early settlement at Minshat Abu Omar, eastern Nile Delta, Egypt, in Van den Brink (ed.): 157–65.Google Scholar
Ayyad, S., Krzwinski, K. & Pierce, R.. 1991. Mudbrick as a bearer of agricultural information: an archaeopalynological study, Norwegian Archaeological Review 24: 77–91.Google Scholar
Ayyad, S. & Moore, P.D.. 1995. Morphological studies of the pollen grains of the semiarid region of Egypt, Flora 190: 115–33.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ayyad, S.M., Moore, P.D. & Zahran, M.A.. 1992. Modern pollen rain studies of the Nile Delta, Egypt, New Phytologist 121:663–75.Google Scholar
Bietak, M. 1975. Tell El Dabaa II. Der Fundort im Rahmen einer archnologisch-geographischen Untersuchung Über das ägyptische Ostdelta. Vienna: Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut. Untersuchungen der Zweigstolle Kairo des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts I.Google Scholar
Bietak, M. 1996. Avarís. The Capital of Hyksos. Recent Excavations at Tell El Dabaaa. London: British Museum Press.Google Scholar
Botros, S.S.S. 1978. Pollen and spore analysis of samples taken from different borings in the Nile Delta. Unpublished Ph.D thesis, Alexandria University.Google Scholar
Bottema, S. 1992. Palynological investigations of the Ibrahim Awad deposits (northeastern Nile Delta): preliminary report, in Van den Brink (ed.): 123–6.Google Scholar
Butzer, K.W. 1976. Early hydraulic civilization in Egypt. Chicago (IL): University of Chicago Press.Google Scholar
Davies, V. & Friedman, R.. 1998. Egypt. London: British Museum Press.Google Scholar
De Roller, G.J. 1992. Archaeobotanical remains from Tell Ibrahim Awad, seasons 1988 and 1989, in Van den Brink (ed.): 111–15.Google Scholar
De Vartavan, C. & Amorós, M.V.A.. 1997. Codex of ancient Egyptian plant remains/Codex des restes végétaux de l’Egypte ancienne. London: Triade Exploration.Google Scholar
De Wit, H.E. & Stralen, V.L.. 1988. Preliminary results of the 1987 palaeo-geographical survey, in Van den Brink, E.C.M. (ed.), The archaeology of the Nile Delta: 135–9. Amsterdam: Wolfkamb.Google Scholar
Dimbleby, G.W. 1985. The palynology of archaeological sites. London: Academic Press.Google Scholar
El-Mahmoudi, A.S. 1995. Geophysical studies on the Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt. Ph.D thesis, Mansoura University, Faculty of Science.Google Scholar
El-Mahmoudi, A.S. 1999. Geoelectric resistivity investigations of Kafr Saqr Sheet, Sharrqiya Governorate, East Nile Delta, Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering 2(1): 84–108.Google Scholar
El-Mahmoudi, A.S., El-Gamili, M.M., Abdalla, M., Hassaneen, A.G. & Taha, A.I.. 1998. Geoelectric resistivity exploration for the environs of Tell Timai, and Tell El-Rub’a, archaeological sites, at El-Simbellawein District, Dakhalia Governorate, Egypt. Cairo 98, Africa/Middle East Second International Geophysical Conference and Exposition 17–19 February, 1998), The Egyptian Geographical Society Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting: 1–26. Faegri, K. & Iversen, J.. 1966. Text book of pollen analysis. Copenhagen: Munksgaard.Google Scholar
Fahmy, A.G.E.D. 1997. Evaluation of the weed flora from Predynastic to Graeco-Roman times, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 6: 241–7.Google Scholar
Haddad, M. 1969. Quelques pollens de la flore Libanaise, Pollen et Spores 11: 39–63.Google Scholar
Leroy, S.A.G. 1992. Palynological evidence of Azolla nilotica Dec. in recent Holocene of the eastern Nile Delta and palaeoenvironment. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 1: 43–52.Google Scholar
Mehringer, P.J., Kenneth, L., Petersen, K.L. & Hassan, F.A.. 1979. A pollen record from Birket Qarun and the recent history of the Fayum, Egypt, Quaternary Research 11: 238–56.Google Scholar
Moore, P.D., Webb, J.A. & Collinson, M.E.. 1991. Pollen analysis. Oxford: Blackwell.Google Scholar
Reille, M. 1992. Pollen et spores d’Europe et d’Afrique du Nord. Laboratoire de botannique historique et Palynologie.. Marseilles: CNRS.Google Scholar
Ritchie, J.C. 1986. Modern pollen spectra from Dakhleh Oasis, Western Egyptian Desert, Grana 25: 177–82.Google Scholar
Ritchie, J.C. 1987, A Holocene pollen record from Bir Atrun, northwest Sudan, Pollen et Spores 29: 391–410.Google Scholar
Saad, S.I. & Sami, S.. 1967. Studies of pollen and spore content of Nile Delta deposits (Berenbal region), Pollen et Spores 9: 467–503.Google Scholar
Said, R. 1981. The geological evolution of the River Nile. Berlin: Springer Verlag.Google Scholar
Sneh, A., Weissbord, T., Ehrlich, A., Horowitz, A., Moshkovitz, S. & Rosenfeld, A.. 1986. Holocene evolution of the northeastern corner of the Nile Delta, Quaternary Research 26: 194–206.Google Scholar
Stockmarr, J. (1971). Tablets with spores used in absolute pollen analysis, Pollen et Spores 13: 615–21.Google Scholar
Sewuster, R.J.E. & Wesemael, V.B.. 1987. Tracing ancient river courses in the eastern Nile Delta. Rapporten van net Fysisch Geografisch Bodemkundig. Laboratorium, Universiteit van Amsterdam 30.Google Scholar
Surfer Ver. 7. 2000. Surface mapping system. Golden (CO): Golden Software, Inc.Google Scholar
Thanheiser, U. 1992. Plant food at Tell Ibrahim Awad: preliminary report, in Van den Brink (ed.): 167–70.Google Scholar
Van Den Brink, E.C.M. (ed.) 1988. The archaeology of the Nile Delta: problems and priorities. Amsterdam: NFARE.Google Scholar
Van Den Brink, E.C.M. 1992a. Preliminary report on the excavations at Tell Ibrahim Awad, seasons 1988–1990, in Van den Brink (ed.): 43–68.Google Scholar
Van Den Brink, E.C.M. (Ed.). 1992b. The Nile Delta in transition, 4th-3rd millennium BC (Proceedings Seminar, Cairo 21–24 October 1990). Tel Aviv: Netherlands Institute of Archaeology & Arabic Studies.Google Scholar
Van Zeist, W. 1988. Plant remains from a dynasty burial at Tell Ibrahim Awad, in Van den Brink (ed.): 111–13.Google Scholar
Vita-Finzi, C. & Dimbleby, G.W.. 1971. Medieval pollen from Jordan, Pollen et Spores 13: 415–20.Google Scholar
Wendorf, F., Schild, R. & Issawi, B.. 1976. Prehistory of the Nile Valley. New York (NY): Academic Press.Google Scholar
Wesemael, V.B. & Dirksz, P.. 1986. The relation between the landscape and spatial distribution of archaeological remains. Rapporten van het Fysisch Geografisch Bodemkundig. Laboratorium, Universiteit van Amsterdam 24.Google Scholar
Zohdy, A.A.R. 1989. A new method for the automatic interpretation of Schlumberger and Wenner sounding curves, Geophysics 54(2): 245–53.Google Scholar