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Foraging and farming in Egypt: the transition from hunting and gathering to horticulture in the Nile Valley
archaeology of africa : foods, metals, and towns • London • Published In 1993 • Pages: 165-226, 750-833
By: Wetterstrom, Wilma.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wetterson presents an overview of the economies of people living in the Egyptian Nile valley and Fayum Depression from the late Paleolithic through Predynastic times. Only the data that pertain to the Predynastic of Lower Egypt were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. 'The new farming patterns in Egypt were based on crops and livestock originally domesticated in southwest Asia.' (page 165). She examines the archaeological evidence of how their economies and settlement patterns changed to answer why the Egyptians of Lower and Upper Egypt might have adapted this different lifeway.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Sociocultural trends
- Pastoral activities
- Cereal agriculture
- Settlement patterns
- Cultural stratigraphy
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5000 B.C.-3000 B.C.
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lower Egypt including the Fayum Depression
- NotesAdditional notes
- Wilma Wetterstrom
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 750-833)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92013921
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic Period--Egypt
- Egypt--Antiquities