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Shaheinab: an account of the excavation of a Neolithic occupation site carried out for the Sudan Antiquities Service in 1949-50

Published for the Sudan Govt. by Oxford University • London • Published In 1953 • Pages:

By: Arkell, Anthony John.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

In this volume Arkell renames the Gouge culture: the Khartoum Neolithic. Two Khartoum Neolithic period sites in Sudan near Khartoum are discussed: Esh Shaheinab, on the west bank of the Nile, and El Qoz, on the right bank of the Nile. Only two radiocarbon dates are available for Esh Shaheinab and Arkell prefered the older date as he thought the Khartoum Neolithic influenced the Fayum Neolithic and therefore the Khartoum Neolithic should be earlier. Hence he dated the site to circa 3900 B.C. The volume mainly discusses the artifacts from the year-round settlement at Esh Shaheinab: the fauna; shell, stone, bone and horn implements; items of personal decoration; hearths; and ceramics. No house remains were found. Only one burial, an infant, was uncovered which may date to the Neolithic period. El Qoz was a much smaller excavation and its artifacts are also discussed. Arkell believed the people of the Khartoum Neolithic were hunters, fishers, and gatherers with no agriculture and were just begining to keep domesticated animals.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Mineral resources

Fauna

Comparative evidence

Prehistory

Bone, horn, and shell technology

Ceramic technology

Lithic industries

General tools

Cultural stratigraphy

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Khartoum Neolithic

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2000

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

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

Sarah Berry ; 1998

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1949-1950

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

5900 BP (ca. 3900 B.C.)

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Esh Shaheinab and El Qoz; Sudan

NotesAdditional notes

A. J. Arkell

Includes bibliographical references and index

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Neolithic period--Sudan