Diachronic development of the Lake of Abusir during the third millennium BC, Cairo, Egypt

0377898 - GLÚ 2013 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Cílek, Václav - Bárta, M. - Lisá, Lenka - Pokorná, Adéla - Juříčková, L. - Brůna, V. - Mahmoud, A. M. A. - Bajer, A. - Novák, J. - Beneš, J.
Diachronic development of the Lake of Abusir during the third millennium BC, Cairo, Egypt.
Quaternary International. Roč. 266, July (2012), s. 14-24. ISSN 1040-6182. E-ISSN 1873-4553
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA206/09/1564
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z30130516
Klíčová slova: Old Kingdom * Abusir and Saqqara, * climatic changes * sedimentology * land use * environmental reconstruction * micromorphology
Kód oboru RIV: AC - Archeologie, antropologie, etnologie
Impakt faktor: 1.962, rok: 2012

A detailed sedimentological description of four trenches located within the area of the so-called Lake of Abusir is given, together with the micromorphological results of selected strata, molluscs and archaeobotanical findings. Five main developmental phases of the Lake of Abusir are interpreted. The area was used as a principal entryway to the cemeteries of Saqqara and Abusir during the third millennium BC. The old Nile terrace deposits constituted the background for the tiled pavement built during the Old Kingdom period. Later, this pavement was partly destroyed by heavy outwash, and the anthropogenic features were overlain by a layer of pure sand. Subsequent sedimentological development is characterized by increased desiccation interrupted by several phases of elevated moisture due to the activity of the local hydrological system.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0209925