caa a22 4500 60544871X CHVBK 20210128100138.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10437-015-9195-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10437-015-9195-6 Early and Middle Holocene Human Occupation of the Egyptian Eastern Desert: Sodmein Cave [Elektronische Daten] [Pierre Vermeersch, Veerle Linseele, Elena Marinova, Wim Van Neer, Jan Moeyersons, Janet Rethemeyer] In this paper, we discuss human occupation during the Early and Middle Holocene in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, based mainly on the data provided by excavated deposits from the Sodmein Cave, which produced an important Holocene stratigraphic sequence. This sequence is dated by a large number of conventional and AMS 14C dates. It appears that the area was empty of human occupation during the Late Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the earliest Holocene. With improved climatic conditions, humans arrived in the area, as hunter-gatherers using no ceramics, from around 7.1 to 6.4Ka cal BC. Humans were absent from the cave during the Holocene 8.2Ka event (ca. 6.3Ka cal BC). From 6.2 to 5.0Ka cal BC, herders visited the site on a regular basis importing caprines. The bone evidence for domesticated small stock is very limited at Sodmein but is nevertheless extremely important, as it contains the oldest known specimens for Africa to date. After 5.0Ka cal BC, the area was almost entirely deserted. The Author(s), 2015 Egypt nationallicence Neolithic nationallicence Holocene nationallicence Herding nationallicence 14C dating nationallicence Prehistory nationallicence Vermeersch Pierre Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium aut Linseele Veerle Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium aut Marinova Elena Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium aut Van Neer Wim Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium aut Moeyersons Jan Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium aut Rethemeyer Janet University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany aut African Archaeological Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/3(2015-09-01), 465-503 0263-0338 32:3<465 2015 32 10437 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-015-9195-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-015-9195-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vermeersch Pierre Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Linseele Veerle Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Marinova Elena Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Neer Wim Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Moeyersons Jan Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rethemeyer Janet University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- African Archaeological Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/3(2015-09-01), 465-503 0263-0338 32:3<465 2015 32 10437