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14 septembre 2018
- doi: 10.4000/books.cdf.5237
- eisbn: 9782722604889
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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archéologie égyptienne archéologie fouilles Désert oriental Égypte antique archaeology eastern desert Egypt excavations archeologia deserto orientale Egitto scavo Archäologie History & Archaeology Archaeology HIS002000 HIS039000 HBLA HBLA1Sujets proches
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Charlène Bouchaud et al., « Fuelwood and Wood Supplies in the Eastern Desert of Egypt during Roman Times », Collège de France, ID : 10.4000/books.cdf.5237
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Introduction Due to the scarcity of resources, fuel and wood supply was a major issue in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. This scarcity is caused by the hyperarid conditions that started some 6000 years ago, as indicated by paleo-climatic studies, carried out locally in the mountains of the Red Sea (Butzer 1999; Moeyersons et al. 1999) and west of the Nile (Bubenzer, Riemer 2007), as well as in the wider region (Hoelzmann et al. 2004; Kuper, Kröpelin 2006). The woody vegetation of this desert is ...