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Henselowsky, Felix ORCID: 0000-0003-4145-7958, Klasen, Nicole, Timms, Rhys ORCID: 0000-0002-0894-9080, White, Dustin, Lincoln, Paul ORCID: 0000-0003-0566-2970, Blockley, Simon, Kindermann, Karin and Bubenzer, Olaf ORCID: 0000-0002-3199-1156 (2023). Rare Holocene sediment deposits from Sodmein Playa (Eastern Desert, Egypt)-Stratigraphic assessment and environmental setting. Geoarchaeology, 38 (2). S. 186 - 199. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1520-6548

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Abstract

Sodmein Playa is one of the rare Pleistocene open-air sites in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Based on the associated stone artefact material, it could be assigned to the Middle Stone Age/Last Interglacial. However, it has not yet been possible to clarify whether the sediments at the basin originated during the Pleistocene or later during Holocene wet phases. Our integrative approach combining Optically Stimulated Luminescence chronology, and cryptotephra analysis, allows us to link the environmental archive of Sodmein Playa with the site of Sodmein Cave. Sodmein Playa indicates wetter climate conditions starting around 9 ka with a (relative) maximum around 7 ka, in line with the general framework of the Holocene Humid Period in Northeast Africa. Despite the climatic similarity, regional environmental differences can still be identified and the effective available water around Sodmein Playa is reduced. The results are well integrated into the current archaeological knowledge with the change from hunter-gatherers to herders during the Holocene in the area. Analyses of cryptotephra reveal a wide range of source regions, including Eastern and Central Anatolian, the Azores, and the Aegean, as well as those which remain uncorrelated. A tentative correlation with the Holocene cryptotephra record from Sodmein Cave is established.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Henselowsky, Felix UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-7958 UNSPECIFIED Klasen, Nicole UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Timms, Rhys UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0894-9080 UNSPECIFIED White, Dustin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lincoln, Paul UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0566-2970 UNSPECIFIED Blockley, Simon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kindermann, Karin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bubenzer, Olaf UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-1156 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-686020
DOI:	10.1002/gea.21946
Journal or Publication Title:	Geoarchaeology
Volume:	38
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 186 - 199
Date:	2023
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1520-6548
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language RED-SEA MOUNTAINS; EASTERN DESERT; CENTRAL ANATOLIA; TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; LATE PLEISTOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; WESTERN DESERT; LAKE VAN; LUMINESCENCE; TEPHRA Multiple languages Archaeology; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/68602