Fekri Hassan
# Fekri Hassan

Fekri Hassan es un geoarqueólogo egipcio. Tras estudiar geología y antropología, Hassan comenzó, en 1974, a enseñar en el Dto. de Antropología de la Washington State University. De 1988 a 1990 fue funcionario del Ministerio de Cultura de Egipto. Actualmente es profesor emérito, siendo anteriormente catedrático Prof. Petrie de Arqueología, de 1994 a 2008, del Instituto de Arqueología y en el Dto. de Egiptología de la University College London. Editor de la revista African Archaeological Review, contribuyente de The Review of Archaeology y Pte. honorario de la Egyptian Cultural Heritage Organisation.

## Algunas publicaciones

### 1973

    A discussion of the Sussman model (see reference) of Population increase during the Neolithic age and a proposed alternative.

### 1974

    The archaeology of the Dishna Plain

### 1975

    Identification of the biological, cultural and ecological factors that caused change in the density and growth rate of hunter-gatherer societies.

### 1976

    Historical change in route of the Nile obtained from analysis of heavy mineral data.

### 1978

    The change in archaeological investigation from remains to the study of elements of human and societal cultures.
    The usefulness of sediment analysis to the reconstruction of paleo- climates and culture.
    Archaeological Exploration during 1975 and 1976, of the Siwa Oasis Region of Egypt.

### 1979

    A correlation of demographic structures and variables, and probable influence upon prehistorical farming,settlement, technological culture and organization of society.
    Geoarchaeology: The Geologist and Archaeology

### 1980

    Geographical survey of the flood waters of the Nile of A.D. 640 to 1921 and the relation of this to future climatic change.

### 1985

    The relation of changes during the Holocene, in the water levels of lakes of the Faiyum depression to concurrent developments of nearby paleolithic settlements.
    Creating a chronology for Neolithic and Predynastic sites of Egypt by way of Radiocarbon dating.

### 1986

    Proposition of the origins of the domestication of animals and change to agricultural practice, from archaeology and climatic data of the الصحراء الكبرى and Nile valley.
    Analysis of the chronology of Khartoum Meso- and Neo- lithic and other relevant sites of Sudan; compared to Egypt.

### 1988

    The Predynastic period of Egypt.

### 1997

    Identification of the climate of the Holocene of Africa, from composite data including Palynology, geomorphology, and sedimentological studies.
    Commentary on the fifth symposia of North African archaeology.
    The dynamics of a riverine civilization: A geoarchaeological perspective on the Nile Valley, Egypt

### 1998

    (copia de la versión web como referencia es incompleta) The influence of the changing material culture of artifact finds and the subsequent archaeological knowledge on the history of nationalism and the Egyptian nation.

### 2002

    Droughts, food and culture: ecological change and food security in Africa's later prehistory

### 2003

    Water Management and Early Civilizations: From Cooperation to Conflict

### 2007

    Analysis of 9th to 15th centuries variations in Nile flood water levels (and the effect upon nearby dependent populations).
