book chapter
El Omari: a neolithic settlement and other sites in the vicinity of Wadi Hof, Helwan
P. von Zabern • Mainz Am Rhein • Published In 1990 • Pages: 1-82, 131-156 , plates
By: Debono, Fernand, Mortensen, Bodil.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
'The excavation of El Omari was carried out on behalf of the Antiquities Department because the site was in danger of being destroyed by private collectors, the SEBAKHIM and the military.' (page 7). Other work done at the site and in the area since the 1870s is reviewed. At El Omari there were two main excavated areas: Area A and Area B. The site consists of series of pits. Every pit was excavated separately. The pits were used for habitation, storage, refuse, and burial. The finds include pottery and reworked sherds, lithic tools, including some that may have been used for fishing, ornaments, bone tools, cereals, and wooden objects. Also described are the finds from Gebel Hof. Some of the artifacts are drawn and photographs from the excavations are shown.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Mats and basketry
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Architecture
- General tools
- Utensils
- Burial practices and funerals
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Typologies and classifications
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lower 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
- book chapter
- 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
- 1943-1944, 1948, 1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6600 BP-6400 BP (4600 B.C.-4400 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- El Omari, Wadi Hof, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Fernand Debono and Bodil Mortensen ; with appendixes ... by H.A. Hamroush ... [et al.]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-154)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic Period--Egypt
- Egypt--Antiquities