Egypt
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/science/27farm.html
A good article discussing the latest theories about the origins of agriculture. Agriculture appears to have been adopted in an entirely different way in Africa, and recent and ongoing genetic studies suggest that cattle were domesticated in Africa thousands of years before plants, in a pattern quite unlike that adopted by Europe and Asia. Egypt is the joker in the pack - it had both cattle (probably African varieties) and Near Eastern domesticates, although it adopted agriculture several hundred years after the Near East, in spite of its relatively close proximity. Quoting many scholars and their research, this article describes some of the most recent ideas.
- Online Article: Tracking East African Cattle Herders From Prehistory To The Present
Expedition Magazine In PDF format. Tracking East African Cattle Herders from Prehistory to the Present By Kathleen Ryan, Photography by Jennifer Chiappardi Expedition Volume 51, Number 3 Winter 2009 Cattle herding, as well as dairying, has long been a...
- More Re Neolithic Settlement Found In The Faiyum
Science Daily Archaeologists from UCLA and the University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands have found the earliest evidence ever discovered of an ancient Egyptian agricultural settlement, including farmed grains, remains of domesticated animals,...
- Ucla-dutch Team Uncovers Egypt’s Earliest Agricultural Settlement
UCLA Newsroom (Meg Sullivan) Archaeologists from UCLA and the University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands have found the earliest evidence ever discovered of an ancient Egyptian agricultural settlement, including farmed grains, remains of domesticated...
- Dispersal Of Pigs From The Near East
BBC News This is of no direct relevance to Egypt, but for those interested in the dispersal of agricultural components from the Near East to Europe and Egypt, this may be of some interest.The first domesticated pigs in Europe were introduced from the...
- African Archaeology Congress
http://www.mmegi.bw/2005/June/Thursday30/523129420885.html The 12th congress of the Pan African Archaeological Association will be hosted next month by the University of Botswana: "The Pan African Association for Archaeology and Related Studies (PAA)...
Egypt
African Pastoral: Archaeologists Rewrite History of Farming
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/science/27farm.html
A good article discussing the latest theories about the origins of agriculture. Agriculture appears to have been adopted in an entirely different way in Africa, and recent and ongoing genetic studies suggest that cattle were domesticated in Africa thousands of years before plants, in a pattern quite unlike that adopted by Europe and Asia. Egypt is the joker in the pack - it had both cattle (probably African varieties) and Near Eastern domesticates, although it adopted agriculture several hundred years after the Near East, in spite of its relatively close proximity. Quoting many scholars and their research, this article describes some of the most recent ideas.
- Online Article: Tracking East African Cattle Herders From Prehistory To The Present
Expedition Magazine In PDF format. Tracking East African Cattle Herders from Prehistory to the Present By Kathleen Ryan, Photography by Jennifer Chiappardi Expedition Volume 51, Number 3 Winter 2009 Cattle herding, as well as dairying, has long been a...
- More Re Neolithic Settlement Found In The Faiyum
Science Daily Archaeologists from UCLA and the University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands have found the earliest evidence ever discovered of an ancient Egyptian agricultural settlement, including farmed grains, remains of domesticated animals,...
- Ucla-dutch Team Uncovers Egypt’s Earliest Agricultural Settlement
UCLA Newsroom (Meg Sullivan) Archaeologists from UCLA and the University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands have found the earliest evidence ever discovered of an ancient Egyptian agricultural settlement, including farmed grains, remains of domesticated...
- Dispersal Of Pigs From The Near East
BBC News This is of no direct relevance to Egypt, but for those interested in the dispersal of agricultural components from the Near East to Europe and Egypt, this may be of some interest.The first domesticated pigs in Europe were introduced from the...
- African Archaeology Congress
http://www.mmegi.bw/2005/June/Thursday30/523129420885.html The 12th congress of the Pan African Archaeological Association will be hosted next month by the University of Botswana: "The Pan African Association for Archaeology and Related Studies (PAA)...