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- Title
Cultural convergence in the Neolithic of the Nile Valley: a prehistoric perspective on Egypt's place in Africa.
- Authors
Wengrow, David; Dee, Michael; Foster, Sarah; Stevenson, Alice; Bronk Ramsey, Christopher
- Abstract
The African origins of Egyptian civilisation lie in an important cultural horizon, the 'primary pastoral community', which emerged in both the Egyptian and Sudanese parts of the Nile Valley in the fifth millennium BC. A re-examination of the chronology, assisted by new AMS determinations from Neolithic sites in Middle Egypt, has charted the detailed development of these new kinds of society. The resulting picture challenges recent studies that emphasise climate change and environmental stress as drivers of cultural adaptation in north-east Africa. It also emphasises the crucial role of funerary practices and body decoration.
- Subjects
SAHARA; PREHISTORIC antiquities; PASTORAL societies; CLIMATE change; EGYPTIAN civilization; EGYPTIAN history to 332 B.C.; HISTORY
- Publication
Antiquity, 2014, Vol 88, Issue 339, p95
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00050249