Book
The Butana Group ceramics and their place in the Neolithic and post-Neolithic eras of northeast Africa
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1998 • Pages:
By: Winchell, Frank Raymond.
Abstract
Winchell analyzed the ceramics from eight sites from the southern Atbai in Sudan. These sites are from the Malawiya/Butana Transition and from the Butana Group. These cultures were significant Neolithic cultures that had almost no contact with the Nile Valley and yet had large settlements and significant populations. Winchell compares these ceramics with the ceramics of other northeast African groups of the Neolithic and post-Neolithic (Badarian, Khartoum Neolithic, A-Group, Abkan Group, Karat Group, Late Neolithic of Central Nile Valley, Jebel Moya Complex, Shaqadud Cave, the Gash Group, Agordat, and Erkowit) and discusses how these various cultures are related to each other and how they are associated with the Khartoum Mesolithic (Early Khartoum). Clear and concise overviews of the various cultures mentioned above are given.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Northern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 1998
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 6000 BP-4500 BP. (4000 B.C.-2500 B.C.)
- Coverage Place
- southern Atbai; Sudan
- Notes
- Frank Winchell
- UM 9225389
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 568-590)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Southern Methodist University, 1992
- LCSH
- Neolithic period--Sudan