book chapter
Maadi : excavations at the Predynastic site of Maadi and its cemeteries conducted by Mustapha Amer and Ibrahim Rizkana on behalf of the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts of Cairo University, 1930-1953: Vol. II The lithic industries of the Predynastic settlement
P. von Zabern • Mainz Am Rhein • Published In 1988 • Pages: 118 , plates
By: Rizkana, Ibrahim, Seeher, Jürgen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this volume (the second of four volumes, eHRAF documents nos. 11-18) Ibrahim Rizkana and Jürgen Seeher describe the lithic industries and present the lithic analyses of the artifacts from Maadi, south of Cairo. The artifacts had been stored in magazines on the site and some deterioration of the artifacts (mostly due to loss) and documentation had occurred. The authors used the excavators notes and the artifacts themselves to prepare this report. As only a sample of the artifacts found during excavation were kept, the authors do not do any statistical analyses of the artifacts, but the lithic artifacts are described in detail and then compared to contemporary artifacts from Upper Egypt and Palestine (Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank). The lithic artifacts included those made from lithic material from local sources and from imported material (such as tabular scrapers imported from the Negev or Sinai). The types of artifacts found cover the full range of tools and vessels such as cores, blades, burins, perforators, scrapers, projectile points, sickles, palettes used to grind and mix cosmetics, grinding slabs for grinding grains, grooved stones, maceheads, spindle whorls, ornaments, and stone vessels. This document includes the catalog of the lithic artifacts along with drawings and some photographs of the artifacts.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Mineral resources
- Cultural participation
- Lithic industries
- Housekeeping
- Paint and dye manufacture
- General tools
- Utensils
- External trade
- Typologies and classifications
- Archaeological inventories
- 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 ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Maadi-North: 1930-1936, 1939, 1940, 1946-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Predynastic; second half of Naqada I - Naqada II c
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Maadi, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Ibrahim Rizkana and Jürgen Seeher
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88128551
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic Period--Egypt
- Egypt--Antiquities