book chapter

Die Pflanzenfunde von Maadi

Maadi : excavations at the Predynastic site of Maadi and its cemeteries conducted by Mustapha Amer and Ibrahim Rizkana on behalf of the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts of Cairo University, 1930-1953 ; The non-lithic small finds and the structural remains of the Predynastic settlement • III • Published In 1989 • Pages: 129-136

By: Kroll, Helmut.

Abstract

The plant remains from Maadi, notably emmer, barley, acacia, tamarisk, and cedar differ little from those of the Old Kingdom. Emmer (a hard red variety of wheat) is and remains the only wheat for a long time. Very late in Ptolemaic times, finds of naked wheats occur and soon supersede emmer. Apart from flax, which is a fiber plant and probably not used as a nutrient, emmer and barley are the main products of the Maadi plant agriculture. The few pea and grass pea seed found at Maadi are of a weedy character, but a simultaneous cultivation of grass pea especially is possible. Tamarisk and acadia were the woods most commonly in use at the site. Their knotty wood was not suitable for all purposes, however, and straight-growing cedar wood was imported for specilized uses (p. 135).

HRAF PubDate

2005

Region

Africa

Sub Region

Northern Africa

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 2004

Field Date

Maadi-North: 1930-1936, 1939, 1940, 1946-1948; Wadi Digla/Maadi-South: 1951-1953

Coverage Date

Predynastic second half of Naqada 1-Naqada 11 c

Coverage Place

Maadi, Egypt

Notes

Von Helmut Kroll

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-136)

LCCN

88128551

LCSH

Neolithic Period--Egypt

Egypt--Antiquities