Faiyum Neolithic culture

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The Faiyum Neolithic culture was an early agricultural and pastoral community in the Faiyum Oasis of Egypt, notable for some of the earliest evidence of farming, storage pits, and pottery in the Nile Valley.

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Faiyum Neolithic 1
Faiyum Neolithic culture canonical 1
Fayum Neolithic 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neolithic culture
archaeological culture
prehistoric culture
archaeologicalEvidence botanical remains
ceramic assemblages
faunal remains
lithic assemblages
settlement remains
chronologicalPhase Neolithic
country Egypt
developedIn Holocene
environment lake shore
oasis margin
hasActivity agriculture
pastoralism
hasEconomicBase fishing and hunting
mixed farming and herding
hasEvidenceOf domesticated animals
early cereal cultivation
early farming in Egypt
fishing
food storage
gathering wild plants
hunting
sedentary settlement
hasFeature basketry
bone tools
granaries
hearths
pottery
stone tools
storage pits
hasSignificance early evidence of agriculture in the Nile Valley
early evidence of food storage in Egypt
early evidence of pottery in the Nile Valley
hasTypeSite Faiyum Oasis
locatedIn Faiyum Oasis
Nile Valley
partOf Predynastic Egypt
surface form: Prehistoric Egypt
region Lower Egypt
temporalRelation earlier than Predynastic Egyptian cultures
usesMaterial bone
clay
flint
reeds

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Predynastic Egypt hasPart Faiyum Neolithic culture
Badarian culture precededBy Faiyum Neolithic culture
this entity surface form: Faiyum Neolithic
Merimde Beni Salama relatedCulture Faiyum Neolithic culture
this entity surface form: Fayum Neolithic