Dishna ( Arabic: دشنا, from Coptic: ⲧⲉϣⲛⲏ, lit. 'the tree garden' [1]) is an Egyptian settlement west of Qena situated on the north bank of the river Nile.
Dishna is 453 km (281 mi) from Cairo. [2] [3]
An expedition of the Southern University of Texas explored the Sebilian culture on the Dishna plains. [4] The Ain Khoman tools of Oasis Baharia were identified as similar to the Esnan industry of the Dishna dated to c.12,300 B.P, differing only with respect to bifacial tools. [5] Several sites between Wadi Kubbaniya and the plains contained assemblages also of Esnan industrial production. [6] The Esnan industry, also known as Mesnian, employed a non-levallois technique, productions composed largely of end-scrapers, though also including a much smaller number of arch-backed bladelets and trapezoid. [7]
Dishna ( Arabic: دشنا, from Coptic: ⲧⲉϣⲛⲏ, lit. 'the tree garden' [1]) is an Egyptian settlement west of Qena situated on the north bank of the river Nile.
Dishna is 453 km (281 mi) from Cairo. [2] [3]
An expedition of the Southern University of Texas explored the Sebilian culture on the Dishna plains. [4] The Ain Khoman tools of Oasis Baharia were identified as similar to the Esnan industry of the Dishna dated to c.12,300 B.P, differing only with respect to bifacial tools. [5] Several sites between Wadi Kubbaniya and the plains contained assemblages also of Esnan industrial production. [6] The Esnan industry, also known as Mesnian, employed a non-levallois technique, productions composed largely of end-scrapers, though also including a much smaller number of arch-backed bladelets and trapezoid. [7]