Book
The Neolithic period in the Sudan: c. 6000-2500 B.C.
B. A. R. • Oxford, England • Published In 1982 • Pages: xiv, 239
By: Mohammed-Ali, Abbas S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author describes the archaeology of Neolithic Sudan (6000 B.C.-2500 B.C.), looking at the archaeological assemblages and evidence from Wadi Hawar in the desert of western Sudan, Khartoum Province, and Sudanese Nubia. In particular Mohammed-Ali looks at environmental conditions, lithic raw materials, lithic technology and tool typology, ceramics, and subsistence and settlement patterns. The climatic conditions from the end of the Pleistocene to the 3rd millenium are also inspected. By examining the archaeological assemblages in Khartoum Province and Sudanese Nubia that came before the Neolithic the author determines these assemblages are local developments and that they represent a continuous cultural tradition with continuous occupation. An examination of cultural traits from across northern Africa show Khartoum Province and Sudanese Nubia share only a few traits with each other. Most shared traits are between the Nile Valley and Eastern and Central Sahara (where cattle domestication and pottery appeared earlier than in the Middle Nile Valley) rather than up and down the Nile Valley. Development of Sorghum and Pennisetum cultivation in the eastern Sahel seems to have occurred around the 5th to 4th millenium. Only ovi-caprid domestication may have diffused along the Nile from South West Asia to the interior of Africa.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Topography and geology
- Comparative evidence
- Cultural participation
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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.
- 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 ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 8000 BP-2500 BP (6000 B.C.-2500 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- A. Mohammed-Ali
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-239)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period--Sudan