essay
The Predynastic flora of the Hierakonpolis region
Predynastic of Hierakonpolis: an interim report, Michael Allen Hoffman with by Barbara Adams … [et al • (1) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 102-115
By: Hadidi, M. Nabil.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Hadidi describes the flora (20 different species) from three localities at Hierakonpolis. One of the localities is a cemetery. He describes the present vegetation that grew after two thunderstorms in 1979. The Predynastic environment was wetter and would have been suitable for agriculture, pastoralism, and settlement up into the Great Wadi.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recording and collecting in the field
- Flora
- Cereal agriculture
- Mats and basketry
- Burial practices and funerals
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Upper Egypt Predynastic
- 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.
- Archaeobotanist
- 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 ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5800 BP-5200 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Localities 29, 11C, and 6; Hierakonpolis area, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. Nabil El Hadidi
- For bibliographical references see document 8:[Hoffman]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83961388
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period--Egypt/Egypt--Antiquities