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Mostagedda

site: Mostagedda
country: Egypt
record: Mostagedda
longitude: 31.384900569916
latitude: 27.083649635315

Data series

series_type: R_Datelist

labcode	country	region	longitude	latitude	site	sample	material	species	d13C	r_date	r_date_sigma	qual	environment	context	period	dynasty	reign
OxA-18063	Egypt	Upper Egypt	31.3833	27.0833	Mostagedda	1930.33.71	linen	Linum sp.	-24.2	3562	29		Desert edge	cemetery	Old Kingdom	8
OxA-23369	Egypt		31.3833	27.0833	Mostagedda	Kew 26889	seeds	Barley	-26.523	5395	45		Desert edge		Badarian	0
OxA-23927	Egypt		31.3833	27.0833	Mostagedda	1930.33.44	linen	Linum and palm leaf	-25.439	2679	26		Desert edge	3538	Badarian	0
OxA-23928	Egypt		31.3833	27.0833	Mostagedda	1930.33.29	linen	Linum	-25.418	3726	26		Desert edge	Grave 11725	Predynastic	0
OxA-23967	Egypt		31.3833	27.0833	Mostagedda	1930.33.80	linen	Linum	-25.097	5000	29		Desert edge	1215	Badarian	0
OxA-26142	Egypt		31.3833	27.0833	Mostagedda	Kew 26884	seeds	Emmer	-25.543	5447	35		Desert edge	Area 2000 or 2200	Badarian	0
OxA-15204	Egypt	Upper Egypt	31.3897	27.0847	Mostagedda		hair	human braided hair		3353	30		Desert Edge	Ref. 1.1983/110. Sample taken from skel	2nd Intermediate	0
OxA-15742	Egypt	Upper Egypt	31.3897	27.0847	Mostagedda		plant remains	thread	-23.84	1927	27		Cultivation	Manchester Egyptology Series Ref. 56.30	2nd Intermediate	0

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Bronk Ramsey, C., Dee, M.W., Rowland, J.M., Higham, T.F.G., Harris, S.A., Brock, F., Quiles, A., Wild, E.M., Marcus, E.S. and Shortland, A.J. (2010) Radiocarbon-based chronology for Dynastic Egypt. Science, 328(5985), pp.1554-1557. doi:10.1126/science.1189395 data publication

Brunton, G. (1937) Mostagedda and the Tasian Culture. London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd. data

Cockitt, J.A. (2006) An investigation into the problems surrounding the radiocarbon dating of ancient Egyptian artefacts, with special reference sources of old carbon contamination. Doctoral thesis, University of Manchester. data

Dee, M.W., Wengrow, D., Shortland, A.J., Stevenson, A., Brock, F., Flink, L.G. and Bronk Ramsey, C. (2013) An absolute chronology for Early Egypt using radiocarbon dating and Bayesian statistical modelling. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 469(2159), pp.20130395-20130395. doi:10.1098/rspa.2013.0395 data

Rowland, J.M. and Bronk Ramsey, C. (2011) Online C14 database for Egypt. Egyptian Archaeology, 38, pp.33-34. data

Wengrow, D., Dee, M.W., Foster, S., Stevenson, A. and Bronk Ramsey, C. (2014) Cultural Convergence in the Neolithic of the Nile Valley: A Prehistoric Perspective on Egypt's Place in Africa. Antiquity, 88(339), pp.95-111. doi:10.1017/s0003598x00050249 data publication

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by: Egyptian Radiocarbon Database
url: https://c14.arch.ox.ac.uk/egyptdb
updated: 2025-06-17T05:03:09+01:00
retrieved: 2025-06-17T05:03:09+01:00

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