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Report on Site E-81-3: an early Late Paleolithic site near the mouth of Wadi Kubbaniya

prehistory of wadi kubbaniya, : late paleolithic archaeology ; assembled by fred wendorf and romuald schild • 3 • Published In 1989 • Pages: 303-320

By: Banks, Kimball M..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Banks investigated site E-81-3, one of four sites near the mouth of Wadi Kubbaniya. The site is distinguished from the others by a predominance of quartz debitage and cores, a scarcity of grinding tools, and the high amount of fish in the faunal remains. 'The exploitation of fish may have been a major aspect of the subsistence pattern ... and plant processing a minor one.' (page 320). The features at the site also point to fish processing and perhaps storage.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Archaeological excavation methods
Lithic industries
Heating and lighting equipment
General tools
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
1981 and 1982
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
18,410±790 BP-18,170±670 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Site E-81-3; Wadi Kubbaniya, Egypt
NotesAdditional notes
by K. M. Banks
For bibliographical references see document 7: [Wendorf, Schild, and Close]
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
86001964
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Paleolithic period--Egypt/Egypt--Antiquities