Awaiting the rain

Opis

 

This volume comprises a summary of research work carried out to date in the Bargat El-Shab region. The authors present the results of the research project led by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences from 2016 to 2020, financed by the National Science Centre, Poland (grant no. 2015/17/B/HS3/01315), entitled Awaiting the rain. Economy, Culture Beliefs Pastorials of Todays Western Deser tof Egypt.

The publication also falls back on the results of earlier studies conducted between 2005 and 2012 within the scope of the Combined Prehistorie Expedition.

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Contents

From the Authors

1. Introduction

2.The Early Holocene archaeological evidence in Bargat El-Shab

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Trench 1 (E-05-1/1)

2.2.1. Artifacts

2.2.1.1. Lithics

2.2.1.2. Other stone implements

2.2.2. Archaeozoological materials

2.2.3. Chronology

2.2.4. Summary

2.3. Trench 2 (Site E-05-1/2)

2.3.1. Features

2.3.2. Artifacts

2.3.2.1. Lithic

2.3.2.1.1. Materials from the surface

2.3.2.1.2. Materials from the layer

2.3.2.1.3. Materials from the features

2.3.2.1.4. Technological raw material analysis

2.3.2.1.5. Chronology of lithic inventory

2.3.2.2. Stone implements

2.3.2.3. Pottery

2.3.2.4. Personal adornments

2.3.2.5. Bone and shell implements

2.3.3. Animal remains and botanical evidence

2.3.2.6. Summary

2.4. Trench 3 (E-05-1/3)

2.4.1. Artifacts

2.4.1.1. Lithic and stone implements

2.4.1.2. Personal adornments

2.4.2. Grave

2.4.3. Chronology

2.5. Trench 4 (E-05-1/4)

2.5.1. Artifacts

2.5.1.1. Lithics from surface

2.5.1.2. Lithics from features

2.5.1.3. Ostrich egg shells (oes ), beads and blanks

2.5.1.4. Calibrator (grooved stone)

2.5.1.5. Other stone implements

2.5.1.6. Pottery

2.5.1.7. Other personal adornments

2.5.2. Absolute chronology

2.5.3. Discussion

2.6. Trench 5 (E-05-1/5)

2.6.1. Tumulus ?

2.6.2. Objects

2.6.2.1. Hearth

2.6.2.2. Pits

2.6.2.2. Wells (?)

2.6.3. Artefacts

2.6.3.1. Lithics

2.6.3.2. Pottery

2.6.4. Chronology

2.6.5. Summary

3. Middle Holocene. Neolithic and increasing social complexity during the Ru’at el Baquar and Bunat El Asnam Humid Interphases

3.1. Site E-12-04 – The „Island”

3.1.1. Tumuli

3.1.2. Other stone structures

3.1.3. Fireplaces

3.2. Site E-17-10 (stone circle)

3.3. Site E-17-11

3.3.1. Tumuli

3.3.2. Stone structures

3.3.3. Stone chests

3.3.4. Buildings (?)

3.3.5. Stele

3.3.6. Hearths

3.3.7. Artefact materials

3.3.8. Chronology and function

3.4. North Gate (Bawwabat Alshamal)

3.4.1. Site E-18-3B Bawwabat Alshamal Alsharqi

3.4.2. Site E-18-2B

3.4.3. Site E-19-1B

3.5. South gate. Site E-18-4B (Bawwabat Anub Shrq)

3.6. Site E-12-1 – „Clayton Ring”

4. Radiocarbon chronology of Early and Middle Holocene occupation in the Bargat El-Shab Area

5. Summary

Bibliography

APPENDIX I – Fabian Welc

Geological, geomorphological and palaeoclimatological background of the Neolithic settlement in the Bargat El-Shab playa basin

APPENDIX II – Maria Lityńska-Zając and Grzegorz Skrzyński

Vegetation and plant economy of the Neolithic sites at Bargat El-Shab, Egypt, reconstructed from charred plant remains

APPENDIX III – Urszula Iwaszczuk

Animal remains from Bargat El-Shab. Meat consumption at the edge of the desert

APPENDIX IV – Magdalena Srienc

Bioarchaeological investigations of the human skeletal remains from Bargat El-Shab

APPENDIX V – Mirosław Masojć

Bargat El-Shab (Western Desert, Egypt) during Middle and Late Pleistocene

APPENDIX VI – Agnieszka Mączyńska

Bargat El-Shab pottery. Seasons 2018-2019