ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8295-1835 and Wunderlich, Jürgen
(18. June 2021):
Reconstruction of former channel systems in the northwestern Nile Delta (Egypt) based on corings and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT).
In: E&G Quaternary Science Journal, Vol. 70: pp. 151-164
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Abstract
The current state of research about ancient settlements within the Nile Delta allows the hypothesizing of fluvial connections to ancient settlements all over the Nile Delta. Previous studies suggest a larger Nile branch close to Kom el-Gir, an ancient settlement hill in the northwestern Nile Delta. To contribute new knowledge to this little-known site and prove this hypothesis, this study aims at using small-scale paleogeographic investigations to reconstruct an ancient channel system in the surroundings of Kom el-Gir. The study pursues the following: (1) the identification of sedimentary environments via stratigraphic and portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analyses of the sediments, (2) the detection of fluvial elements via electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), and (3) the synthesis of all results to provide a comprehensive reconstruction of a former fluvial network in the surroundings of Kom el-Gir. Therefore, auger core drillings, pXRF analyses, and ERT were conducted to examine the sediments within the study area. Based on the evaluation of the results, the study presents clear evidence of a former channel system in the surroundings of Kom el-Gir. Thereby, it is the combination of both methods, 1-D corings and 2-D ERT profiles, that derives a more detailed illustration of previous environmental conditions which other studies can adopt. Especially within the Nile Delta which comprises a large number of smaller and larger ancient settlement hills, this study’s approach can contribute to paleogeographic investigations to improve the general understanding of the former fluvial landscape.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Form of publication: | Publisher's Version |
Keywords: | Nile Delta; Kom el-Gir; Buto (Tell el-Fara'in); landscape archaeology; fluvial reconstruction |
Faculties: | History and Art History > Department of History > Ancient History |
Subjects: | 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences and geology 900 History and geography > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499) 900 History and geography > 960 History of Africa |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-76276-8 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 76276 |
Date Deposited: | 21. Jun 2021, 06:59 |
Last Modified: | 22. Mar 2023, 13:00 |