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Survey and excavation at the Gebel el-Asr gneiss and quartz quarries in Lower Nubia (1997–2000)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ian Shaw
Affiliation:
School of Archaeology, Classics & Oriental Studies, University of Liverpool, 14 Abercromby Square, Liverpool L69 3BX, England.
Elizabeth Bloxam
Affiliation:
University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, England.
Angus Graham
Affiliation:
University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, England.
Judith Bunbury
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, England.
Richard Lee
Affiliation:
57 South Croxted Road, London SE21, England.
Deborah Darnell
Affiliation:
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Yale University, New Haven CT 06520–8236, USA.

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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