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The Late Paleolithic Makhadma sites (Egypt): environment and subsistence
late prehistory of the nile basin and the sahara • 2 • Published In 1989 • Pages: 87-114
By: Vermeersch, P. M., Paulissen, Etienne, Van Neer, Wim.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Vermeersch et al. excavated two of the five Makhadma sites. They found stone tools, fish and other faunal remains, hearths, and post holes that may indicate the inhabitants were drying or preserving the fish they were catching. The sites are located up against the 20 meter northern scarp where there would have been some of the first opportunities to fish as the Wild Nile flood levels lowered.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Cultural participation
- Settlement patterns
- Lithic industries
- Settlement patterns
- General tools
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Paleolithic Egypt
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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 ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980, 1983-1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 13,000 BP-12,000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Makhadma sites 2 and 4; Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Pierre M. Vermeersch, Etienne Paulssen and Willem van Neer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-114)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90166192
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleolithic period--Egypt/Egypt--Antiquities