# Reader 2001: A Geomorphological Study of the Giza Necropolis, with Implications for the Development of the Site

> Colin D. Reader, 2001. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The early-dynastic reading; the one redating argument published in a peer-reviewed…

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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.

**Great Sphinx of Giza** Articledoi: **[10.1111/1475-4754.00009](https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.00009)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

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

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[Runoff from the plateau eroded the enclosure in the Early Dynastic period, until Khufu's quarries diverted…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/answers/ANS0CTWSNH45F0B/runoff-from-the-plateau-eroded-the-enclosure-in-the-early)

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[The Sphinx was carved in the Early Dynastic period, in the Second Dynasty or soon after, before Khufu began…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/answers/ANS0CTWSGD23JAV/the-sphinx-was-carved-in-the-early-dynastic-period-in-the)

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[Reader accepts runoff erosion in the ditch and argues that Khufu's quarries upslope would have cut off the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/evidence/EVD0CTWSGMW07H9/reader-accepts-runoff-erosion-in-the-ditch-and-argues-that)

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[Reader's geomorphological study maps the plateau catchment above the Sphinx and finds the heaviest…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/evidence/EVD0CTWSNRY129A/readers-geomorphological-study-maps-the-plateau-catchment)

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[Colin Reader publishes the geomorphological study proposing an early-dynastic Sphinx](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/events/EVT0CTWSB160BM3/colin-reader-publishes-the-geomorphological-study-proposing)

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[Colin D. Reader](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/people/FIG0CTWS6CR3BHK/colin-d-reader)

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[The Great Sphinx of Giza](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx)

The mystery article

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[When was the Great Sphinx carved?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/questions/QST0CTWSCG26180/when-was-the-great-sphinx-carved)

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## Cite it

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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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