essay
The Mousterian industries of Nubia
prehistory of nubia; [final report] papers assembled and • [Taos, N.M.] • Published In 1968 • Pages: 194-314
By: Marks, Anthony E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Marks reports on the results of the American fieldwork in the Wadi Halfa area. Living sites, flaking stations, and quarries were found. Most of the sites were found on the tops of inselbergs without any stratigraphy, but a few sites were subsurface. The material was studied using typologies and technological indices developed by F. Bordes. Marks describes the sites and then compares their assemblages. Marks also compares the Nubian material to other Mousterian sites in North Africa, the Near East, and France to try to determine the place of origin of the Nubian Mousterian. He concludes that '…the Nubian Mousterian is basically a local development, perhaps influenced by the diffusion of ideas and techniques from outside Nubia.' (page 314).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Topography and geology
- Comparative evidence
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Typologies and classifications
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Middle Paleolithic Egypt
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1961-1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Nubian Middle Stone Age or Middle Paleolithic
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Egyptian border to Third Cataract at Firka; Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Anthony E. Marks
- For bibliographical references see document 6: [Wendorf]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 68018382
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleolithic period--Egypt