Merimde Beni Salama
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Merimde Beni Salama is an important Neolithic settlement site in the western Nile Delta that provides key evidence about early agricultural communities in ancient Egypt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Merimde Beni Salama canonical | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neolithic settlement
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archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric village ⓘ |
| area | approximately 25 hectares ⓘ |
| chronologicalRelation | roughly contemporary with Fayum A culture ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culture | Merimde culture ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Hermann Junker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earliestOccupation | c. 5000 BCE ⓘ |
| earliestPhase | sparse occupation with light structures ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Hermann Junker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationResumedBy |
Egyptian Antiquities Service
ⓘ
surface form:
Egyptian Antiquities Organization
|
| excavationResumedIn | 1970s ⓘ |
| excavationStart | 1928 ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
animal husbandry
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bone tools ⓘ burials within settlement ⓘ cereal cultivation ⓘ domesticated cattle ⓘ domesticated goats ⓘ domesticated pigs ⓘ domesticated sheep ⓘ early agriculture ⓘ fishing activities ⓘ grinding stones ⓘ hunting of wild animals ⓘ mud-brick architecture ⓘ pottery production ⓘ reed and wattle structures ⓘ sickle blades ⓘ stone tools ⓘ storage pits ⓘ |
| laterPhase | denser settlement with more substantial architecture ⓘ |
| latestOccupation | c. 4100 BCE ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Egypt
ⓘ
Nile Delta ⓘ
surface form:
western Nile Delta
|
| locatedNear |
Rosetta branch of the Nile
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village of Kom el-Khilgan ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nearby modern village of Merimde Beni Salama ⓘ |
| phaseCount | at least three main phases ⓘ |
| potteryStyle |
red-polished wares
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simple undecorated wares ⓘ |
| relatedCulture |
Faiyum Neolithic culture
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surface form:
Fayum Neolithic
Maadi culture ⓘ
surface form:
el-Omari culture
|
| significance |
important for understanding the origins of Egyptian Predynastic cultures
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key evidence for early agricultural communities in the Nile Delta ⓘ one of the earliest large farming settlements in Egypt ⓘ |
| stratigraphy | multiple occupation phases ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Neolithic
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Predynastic Egypt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Merimde Beni Salama Description of subject: Merimde Beni Salama is an important Neolithic settlement site in the western Nile Delta that provides key evidence about early agricultural communities in ancient Egypt.
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