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A Geomorphological Study of the Giza Necropolis, with Implications for the Development of the Site

Colin D. Reader, 2001. Archaeometry 43(1): 149-165.

Accepts runoff erosion in the Sphinx enclosure but dates it by the plateau's quarrying history, arguing that Khufu's quarries cut off the drainage and so the Sphinx predates Khufu, in the Early Dynastic Period.

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The early-dynastic reading; the one redating argument published in a peer-reviewed archaeology journal.

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Reader, C. D. (2001). A Geomorphological Study of the Giza Necropolis, with Implications for the Development of the Site. Archaeometry 43(1): 149-165. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.00009
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