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The Western Marmarica Coastal Survey 2009: preliminary report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

Linda Hulin
Affiliation:
Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, UK
Jane Timby
Affiliation:
University of Reading, UK
Giuseppina Mutri
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Archeologiche e Antropologiche dell'Antichità, La Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy

Abstract

The 2009 season of the Western Marmarica Coastal Survey continued to document the settlement profile of the coastal area east of Tobruk, focussing upon the area around Marsa Lukk. Rock art was documented in the Wadi el-'Ayn and a number of Early-Mid Holocene sites were located there and to the west of Marsa Lukk. The survey continued to locate kiln sites of the Mid-Late Roman period. Two fortified sites were documented, spanning the Late Roman to Early Islamic period.

Type
Archaeological Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 2009

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