essay
Foraging and farming in Egypt: the transition from hunting and gathering to horticulture in the Nile Valley
archaeology of africa : foods, metals, and towns • London • Published In 1993 • Pages: 165-226, 750-833
By: Wetterstrom, Wilma.
Abstract
Wetterson presents an overview of the economies of people living in the Egyptian Nile valley and Fayum Depression from the late Paleolithic through Predynastic times. Only the data that pertain to the Predynastic of Lower Egypt were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. 'The new farming patterns in Egypt were based on crops and livestock originally domesticated in southwest Asia.' (page 165). She examines the archaeological evidence of how their economies and settlement patterns changed to answer why the Egyptians of Lower and Upper Egypt might have adapted this different lifeway.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Northern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2004
- Field Date
- not specified
- Coverage Date
- 5000 B.C.-3000 B.C.
- Coverage Place
- Lower Egypt including the Fayum Depression
- Notes
- Wilma Wetterstrom
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 750-833)
- LCCN
- 92013921
- LCSH
- Neolithic Period--Egypt
- Egypt--Antiquities