Wadi Khashab : Unearthing Late Prehistory in the Eastern Desert of Egypt / by Piotr Osypiński, Marta Osypińska, Iwona Zych.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osypiński, Piotr, author.

Osypińska, Marta, author.

Zych, Iwona, author.

Series:

Polish publications in Mediterranean archaeology ; 5.

Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology ; v.5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal remains (Archaeology)--Egypt--Eastern Desert.

Animal remains (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt--Eastern Desert.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Human remains (Archaeology)--Egypt--Eastern Desert.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Eastern Desert (Egypt)--Antiquities.

Eastern Desert (Egypt).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters Publishers & Booksellers, 2021.

Summary:

The 5th millennium BC megalithic ceremonial complex at Wadi Khashab in the Eastern Desert of Egypt is located almost directly in the middle of the Eastern Desert, on a wadi trail connecting the Valley of the Nile with the Red Sea. The volume presents the results of three seasons of excavation of this site, which featured a human burial in the center of several burials of cattle and sheep, within an enclosure of upright stone slabs that must have formed an eye-catching landmark for many miles up and down the wadi, also for the pastoral communities traversing the mountains in later times. The study of the animal remains from this remote site in the poorly known Eastern Desert has provided a very well documented series of osteological, osteometric and archaeozoological data on early cattle and sheep. It adds to the current knowledge of cattle domestication in the Neolithic and early cattle mobility in northeastern Africa, offering unique information on the uses of domestic livestock not only in the funerary traditions, but also in mobility systems. It also contributes to the discussion on the origins and domestication of the auroch in Africa, pointing to a local African origin for the cattle.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 DISCOVERING WADI KHASHAB

Chapter 2 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOURCES

Chapter 3 ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL SOURCES

Chapter 4 THE ANIMALS OF WADI KHASHAB IN THE CONTEXT OF DOMESTICATION AND EARLY PASTORALISM IN NORTHEASTERN AFRICA

Chapter 5 THE WADI KHASHAB COMPLEX IN THE NEOLITHIC AND LATER: CHRONOLOGY AND FUNCTION.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Osypinska, M. Wadi Khashab

ISBN:

90-429-4382-3

OCLC:

1319216582