The Archaeology of Fazzan, Synthesis

Author

Daniels; Charles

Year

2003

Publisher

Society for Libyan Studies

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-90097-102-7

Link

Last Update

02-Feb-2026

Keywords

Archaeology ; History ; African Studies ; Art & Art History

Description

he Archaeology of Fazzān reports seek to advance knowledge of human settlement and adaptation in the world’s largest desert, the Sahara (Cloudsley Thompson 1984; Laureano 1991, 1-43 for good general overviews on the Sahara). The archaeology of the Sahara is at best only partly appreciated (Allan 1981; Phillipson 1992; Shaw et al. 1993), with most attention hitherto focused on the prehistoric phases (Humbert 1989 is a rare attempt to follow the story to recent times). Whilst the irrigated oases of the Egyptian Western Desert have been a focus for investigation (Churcher and Mills 1997; Fakhry 1942/50; 1944; 1950; 1973; 1974;...