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ULVS XIII: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Farming in the Wadi Mansur, Tripolitania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

C. O. Hunt ,
D. J. Mattingly ,
D. D. Gilbertson ,
J. N. Dore ,
G. W. W. Barker ,
J. R. Burns ,
A. M. Fleming  and
M. van der Veen
C. O. Hunt
Affiliation:
Creswell Crags Visitor Centre, Worksop, Notts
D. J. Mattingly
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford
D. D. Gilbertson
Affiliation:
Dept of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield
J. N. Dore
Affiliation:
Dept of Archaeology, University of Newcastle
G. W. W. Barker
Affiliation:
British School at Rome, Italy
J. R. Burns
Affiliation:
Dept of Archaeology, University of Newcastle
A. M. Fleming
Affiliation:
Dept of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield
M. van der Veen
Affiliation:
Dept of Archaeology, University of Durham
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Abstract

This article describes the interdisciplinary methods developed by the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey in connection with the study of ancient agriculture. These methods combine the techniques of settlement archaeology with those of the earth sciences and palaeoeconomics. The interactive nature of the enquiry does not resolve all the questions, but it can help to re-shape those questions and suggest new lines of enquiry. The example of the Wadi Mansur is used here to demonstrate the application of both conventional and new techniques and the contribution this can make to our appreciation of ancient land use in an arid zone. This provisional statement of results describes the geomorphology of the wadi, the settlement archaeology, ceramic dating evidence, palaeoeconomic data (including palynological evidence), wadi wall technology and typology.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 17 , 1986 , pp. 7 - 47
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1986

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