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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Comparative evidence
- Cultural participation
- Ceramic technology
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Typologies and classifications
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6000 BP-4500 BP. (4000 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)
- southern Atbai; Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank Winchell
- UM 9225389
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 568-590)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Southern Methodist University, 1992
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period--Sudan