book chapter

Petrological and chemical analyses of some neolithic ceramics from El Omari, Egypt

El Omari : a neolithic settlement and other sites in the vicinity of Wadi Hof, Helwan, by Fernand Debono and Bodil MortensenMainz Am RheinPublished In 1990 • Pages: 117-128

By: Hamroush, Hany A., Zied, Hassan Abu.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Hamroush and Zied present the results of petrochemical and chemical analyses of the ceramics. The analyses consisted of petrographic thin section, minerological x-ray powder diffraction, and instrumental neutron activation analysis. They determined the firing temperatures used on the ceramics and that the people of El Omari used local clay sources and not Nilotic sediments.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Organization and analysis of results of research
Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
Mineral resources
Ceramic technology
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.
Geoarchaeologist
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
no date given
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Neolithic
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
El Omari, Wadi Hof, Helman, Egypt
NotesAdditional notes
Hany A. Hamroush and Hassan Abu Zied
Includes bibliographical references (p. 128)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Neolithic Period--Egypt
Egypt--Antiquities