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Haua Fteah
Haua Fteah () is a large karstic cave located in the Cyrenaica in northeastern Libya. This site has been of significance to research on African archaeological history and anatomically modern human prehistory because it was occupied during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic, the Mesolithic and the Neolithic. Evidence of modern human presence in the cave date back to 200,000 BP. The term ‘haua’ describes a typical cave structure of the local coastal area, which has been formed in its present shape by erosion processes of the sea during the early stage of the Pleistocene. Location and environment Haua Fteah is from the coast and found near the northern side of the plateau at the base of the Jebel Akhdar (or Green Mountain). The entrance faces north towards the Mediterranean sea. Stratigraphy and layout Haua Fteah is high by wide on the north entrance with an span on the interior roofed portion of the cave. The horizontal stratigraphic layers are defined by the types of se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles McBurney (archaeologist)
Charles Brian Montagu McBurney (18 June 1914 – 14 December 1979) was an American archaeologist who spent most of his working life in England. Life and career McBurney was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the son of Dorothy Lillian (Rundall) and Henry McBurney, and the grandson of Charles McBurney, the American surgeon (known to subsequent generations of surgeons for defining McBurney's point). His mother was English, the daughter and granddaughter of British Army officers; his father was an American engineer. He spent his childhood in the USA until he was eleven, then his parents took him to London, and then to Switzerland, and France. Young McBurney was home schooled. In 1933, he entered King's College, Cambridge, reading French and German, and then Archaeology and Anthropology. He studied archaeology under Miles Burkett and Dorothy Garrod who greatly influenced his career. Graduate studies were interrupted by war service in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
