Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum houses seventeen collections of
Palaeolithic material from Egypt, comprising a total of 1009
objects. None of the objects were recovered during excavation but
many were found by pioneers of prehistoric archaeology and notable
anthropologists. The most significant and largest collection, which
forms the focus of much of this study, is that of Charles Seligmann
and dates from the first fourteen years of the 20th century. The
first half of the book sets the background, examining the origins
of Egyptian Palaeolithic archaeology, supported by extracts from
diaries and contemporary publications, as well as discussing the
types of stone artefacts collected, the cultures of the Egyptian
Palaeolithic and more recent developments in research. The second
half of the book presents catalogues of each collection with the
artefacts illustrated at actual size. An appendix lists items from
Seligman's collections which are now housed in other museums.
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