The archaeology of the first farmer-herders in Egypt [[electronic resource] ] : new insights into the Fayum Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic / / Noriyuki Shirai

• Autore: Shirai Noriyuki <1970->
• Pubblicazione: [Leiden], : Leiden University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (402 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt - Fayyūm; Mesolithic period - Egypt - Fayyūm; Neolithic period - Egypt - Fayyūm; Farmers - Egypt - History; Herders - Egypt - History
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt Antiquities
• Note generali: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctorate)--Universiteit Leiden, 2010.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-373).
• Nota di contenuto: The Archaeology of the First Farmer-Herders in Egypt; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Neolithisation in Egypt in a wider context; 3. Background to research in the Fayum; 4. Explanatory and predictive models for the beginning of farming and herding in the Fayum; 5. The Fayum Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic in the light of new survey results; 6. Lithic technological organisation and mobility in the Fayum Epipalaeolithic; 7. Lithic technological organisation and mobility in the Fayum Neolithic; 8. The diffusion of material culture and domesticates from the Levant to Egypt; 9. Synthesis ; References English Summary; Nederlandse samenvatting; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Curriculum Vitae
• Sommario/riassunto: The Archaeology of the First Farmer-Herders in Egypt explores how and why farming and herding started in the Fayum, which is a large oasis with a permanent lake in the Egyptian Western Desert. Noriyuki Shirai's research on lithic artefacts used by the Epipalaeolithic hunter-fishers and Neolithic farmer-herders in the Fayum gives a clue as to the mobility and residential strategy of the Fayum people and their time and labour investments in tool production. The Neolitic farmer-herders ( 6th C.B.C.E.) relied heavily on hunting and fishing, which had been the major subsistence activities since the
• Titolo autorizzato: The archaeology of the first farmer-herders in Egypt
• ISBN: 1-283-69821-8; 90-485-1269-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785929003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Archaeological Studies Leiden University