book chapter
Die tierreste von Maadi und Wadi Digla
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 ; The non-lithic small finds and the structural remains of the Predynastic settlement • III • Published In 1989 • Pages: 87-128 , plates
By: Boessneck, Joachim, Driesch, Angela von den, Ziegler, R. (Reinhard).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Faunal remains excavated at Maadi and Wadi Digla in the period of 1930 to 1953 comprise over 7500 vertebrate remains as well as some 700 mollusk specimens. Of the vertebrate finds domesticated animals form 86% of the assemblage. while wild animals amount to a modest 14%From the analysis of the material, both hunting and fishing seemed to be of minor importance in the economy. The presence of Mediterranean and Red Sea mollusk shells at the sites, used as ornaments, indicates the long distance trade of the inhabitants. A total of 14 animals were found buried in the Wadi Digla cemetery. Of these burials, seven, including one of a dog, were found in conjunction with vessels as grave goods.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Fauna
- Domesticated animals
- Fishing
- Hunting and trapping
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Maadi-North: 1930-1936, 1939, 1940, 1946-1948; Wadi Digla/Maadi-South: 1951-1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Predynastic second half of Naqada 1-Naqada 11 c
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Maadi and Wadi Digla, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Von Joachim Boessneck, Angela von den Driesch und Reinhard Ziegler
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-128)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88128551
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic Period--Egypt
- Egypt--Antiquities