Variability in the Neolithic Settlement Patterns of the Egyptian Nile Valley

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• 作者：Rebecca Phillipps ; Simon Holdaway ; Joshua Emmitt…
• 刊名：African Archaeological Review
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：33
• 期：3
• 页码：277-295
• 全文大小：879 KB
• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Social Sciences
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Regional and Cultural Studies
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-9842
• 卷排序：33

文摘

Egypt is considered a Neolithic without villages, yet despite this characterisation, settlement pattern remains one of the more uncertain aspects of prehistoric lifeways. Reconstruction of settlement pattern often relies on environmental factors, subsistence strategies or typo-chronological associations to dictate likely modes of human settlement. Here, we examine the period from around 6,500 cal. bp to the late Neolithic in the Egyptian Nile Valley compared to selected examples from the Western Desert. Descriptions of regional settlement patterns have largely focused on divisions between Upper and Lower Egypt and the Western Desert based on a difference in subsistence strategies. We consider the features of the archaeological record in both these regions to determine whether such a dichotomy is warranted, and what this might mean in terms of the relationship between environment and socio-economic change. We suggest an alternative approach to the archaeological record to better understand the nature of Neolithic settlement pattern.KeywordsNeolithicSettlement patternFayumEgypt