Indicatori alimentari e sistemi di sussistenza a Wadi Kubbaniya (Egitto): i risultati delle recenti indagini

This contribution presents the preliminary results of an ongoing investigation undertaken by the Aswan-Kom Ombo Archaeological Project (AKAP), in collaboration with the Combined Prehistoric Expedition Foundation (CPEF) and the PaleoResearch Institute, on a Late Palaeolithic site found in Wadi Kubbaniya, in Egypt. The main occupation at this site (WK26) is radiocarbon dated to the final phase of the Late Palaeolithic period, while a possible Early Holocene occupation is hinted by some surface findings. Paleobotanical research based on the microscopic analysis of residue on grinding equipment identified pollen and phytoliths, providing further evidence for the role of plants in the subsistence pattern of Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene communities along the Nile.