Nubian A-Group culture

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Bronze Age culture Nubian culture archaeological culture

The Nubian A-Group culture was an early Bronze Age civilization in Lower Nubia, noted for its distinctive pottery, elaborate tombs, and long-distance trade connections with predynastic Egypt.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Early Nubian A-Group 1
Early Nubian Neolithic cultures 1
Nubian A-Group culture canonical 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age culture ⓘ
Nubian culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence cemeteries along the Nile in Lower Nubia ⓘ
burialCustoms grave goods including pottery and jewelry ⓘ
oval and circular graves ⓘ
stone-lined tombs ⓘ
tumulus graves ⓘ
chronologicallyOverlaps Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ
Egyptian Dynasty 0 ⓘ
coexistedWith Naqada II culture ⓘ
Naqada III period ⓘ
surface form: Naqada III culture
declineCause expansion of early Egyptian state ⓘ
possible Egyptian military campaigns in Nubia ⓘ
discoveredBy George Andrew Reisner ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
followedBy Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ
Nubian C-Group culture ⓘ
hasCapitalOrCenter Qena Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Faras region

Qustul ⓘ
Sayala ⓘ
knownFor distinctive black-topped red pottery ⓘ
elaborate tombs ⓘ
gold trade ⓘ
ivory and ebony trade ⓘ
long-distance trade with predynastic Egypt ⓘ
polished red ware ceramics ⓘ
rich grave goods ⓘ
use of imported Egyptian goods ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Nubia ⓘ
Nile Valley ⓘ
modern Egypt ⓘ
modern Sudan ⓘ
materialCulture bead jewelry ⓘ
cosmetic items ⓘ
fine burnished ceramics ⓘ
imported Egyptian jars ⓘ
stone palettes ⓘ
stone vessels ⓘ
namedBy George Andrew Reisner ⓘ
nameOrigin archaeological classification "A-Group" ⓘ
precededBy Nubian Early Khartoum culture ⓘ
socialStructure elite burials with luxury items ⓘ
emergent social stratification ⓘ
timePeriod early Bronze Age ⓘ
late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ
timePeriodEnd c. 3100 BCE ⓘ
timePeriodStart c. 3800 BCE ⓘ
tradedGoods cattle ⓘ
ebony ⓘ
gold ⓘ
incense ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
tradedWith Naqada ⓘ
surface form: Naqada culture

Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qustul → knownFor → Nubian A-Group culture ⓘ
A-Group → precededBy → Nubian A-Group culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Early Nubian Neolithic cultures
A-Group → hasAlternativeName → Nubian A-Group culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Early Nubian A-Group