Title: 
Database of northeastern African archaeological and heritage sites

Author: 
David Laguna-Palma

Description:
This dataset contains archaeological and heritage sites of the Marmarica region (NE-Libya/NW-Egypt) ranging from the Late Bronze to the Roman times. It has been
developed in the framework of the PERAIA project, which aims to analyse the long-term history and interaction patterns along the harsh environments of north-eastern
Africa. The records contain accurate geographic location of sites, including place names, typology, chronology, and metadata of documented remains, along with information 
regarding the environmental and ecological context. Additionally, the dataset accounts for the specificities of the regions varying environmental conditions and their potential 
impact on archaeological heritage. All this information associated with each archaeological site was collected from published field data surveys, maps, archaeological reports, 
and it was subsequently cross-checked with historical aerial photographs and satellite imagery to detect, and to register known and unknown sites within the study area.

Temporal coverage:
Late Bronze Age to the Roman period of present-day Egypt and Libya (ca. 1400 BC - 600 AD).

License:
CC BY 4.0, Creative Common License

Funding:
The PERAIA project: Landscapes, Networks, and Society along the ancient Libyan Sea has been funded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities, 
and the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Knowledge Transfer of the University of Granada (Ref: PPJIB2020.18).

How to cite: 
David Laguna-Palma. (2022). Database of northeastern African archaeological and heritage sites (Marmarica_sites_v1.0) [Dataset].

