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THE Merimda Civilization. Results of importance for their bearing on stratigraphical relations and development in culture were obtained in the excavations of the Academy of Sciences on the prehistoric site of Merimda-Beni Salama, west of the Nilo Delta, which lasted from January 25 until April 4, 1939. In this season—the seventh devoted to this site—it has been demonstrated that of the various levels each corresponds to a different stage of development, contrary to the earlier conclusion that the Merimda civilization was uniform throughout. Although, it is true, the population did not change, and the mode of life throughout was the same—the practice of agriculture, combined with stock-breeding and hunting—while their weapons and tools were similar, and their burial customs identical, yet it is now possible to trace development.
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Recent Archæological Excavations in Egypt. Nature 144, 296 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144296a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144296a0