The Butana Group Ceramics and their Place in the Neolithic and Post-Neolithic of Northeast Africa (BAR International)

"This study for the first time provides an in-depth examination of the Butana Group ceramics that in turn represent a large sedentary development existing in the far reaches of the eastern Sahel during the 4th millennium BC. These particular ceramics are compared with known Nilotic Neolithic and post-Neolithic ceramic groups in northeast Africa, including the Egyptian Neolithic and Predynastic, the Nubian A-Group, the Abkan Group, the Khartoum Neolithic and Late Neolithic of the Central Nile Valley. In the end, the Butana Group ceramics represent yet another significant cultural development in northeast Africa very different from other cultures situated along the Nile Valley."--Publisher's website Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface - A Brief Review of Literature Since thePublication of this Work Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Background Chapter 3 - Methodology Chapter 4 - Definition of the Malawiya/Butana Transition and Butana Group Based on the Ceramics Typesand Their Temporal Significance Chapter 5 - Comparisons of Culture Groups of Northeast Africa During the Neolithic andPost-Neolithic Era Chapter 6 - Comparisons of the Ceramics Associated with the Culture Group of Northeast Africa During the Neolithic and Post-Neolithic Era Chapter 7 - Conclusion on the Butana Group Ceramics in Respect to the Nile Valley and its Place in the Prehistory of the Eastern Sudan and Northeast Africa Appendix A - Field Manual for Classifying Sherds Using the Type-Variety Method Bibliography Frank Winchell. Originally Presented As: Thesis (ph.d.)--southern Methodist University, 1992. Includes Bibliographical References.