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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Amun-Ra The Ultimate: [QB] Here's a very IMPORTANT text about the origin of Wavy Line pottery. It must be read by all (to follow this thread and gain knowledge about the Sahalian-Sahel-Nile civilization and it's linkage with Ancient Egypt): [QUOTE] The large distribution of Dotted Wavy Line ceramics, [b]from the Atlantic Coast to the Red Sea[/b] , is now well established [EDIT:AKA the Sahelian-Sahel-Nile belt], as is the antiquity of the Wavy Line ceramics (Garcia 1993a, 1998;Jesse 1998) and of North African pottery in general (Close 1995). Ideas concerning how, when and where the Wavy Line pattern was distributed have undergone several changes since Arkell's(1949) first description based on new ceramic data and the addition of radiocarbon dates with both the Kharthoum region and the central Sahara being proposed as areas of its origin. The development of the Dotted Wavy Line from incised Wavy Line, as already proposed by Arkell, was largely confirmed during the 1980s by the stratigraphic sequence at the site of Shaqadud in the Butana(-) and by the extensive work of Caneva and her team (-) in the Gelli-Kabbashi region north of Kharthoum. For the Kharthoum area, Caneva(1996a) interprets the sequence of incised Wavy Line followed by Dotted Wavy Line as an autochtonous development in the Nile Valley, whereas the appearance of Dotted Wavy Line pottery is seen as the results of a Saharan cultural expansion. In the central Sahara, Dotted Wavy Line early dates range from 9300 to 9000 bp (Roset 1987,1996) while the introduction of Dotted Wavy Line from the Sahara into the Kharthoum province takes place around 6000bp(Caneva--). Research work in the eastern part of the Sahara (-) has filled in many of the gaps in the distribution of Wavy Line pottery. The existence of early pottery-bearing sites in the Wadi Howar region, in assemblages with other decoration patterns (Dotted) Wavy Line, provided the basis for a general reconsideration of the Wavy Line distribution in northern Africa (Jesse 1998). [b]Analysis of the database, containing over 300 sites in northern Africa with Wavy Line pottery and associated radiocarbon dates, made it possible to discern two probable areas of "invention" of Wavy Line at around 9300bp, one in central Sahara and one in the eastern Sahara/Nile Valley. The earliest occurrence of Wavy Line pottery is in the central Sahara at approximately 9000 bp. In the central Sahara, only Dotted Wavy Line is present and in the eastern Sahara/Nile Valley Incised Wavy Line is followed by Dotted Wavy Line. - Extract from [i]Holocene Settlement of the Egyptian Sahara: Volume 2: The Pottery of Nabta Playa (2002) By Kit Nelson[/i] [/b] [/QUOTE]So the earliest occurrence of Wavy Line pottery is in central Sahara at approximately 9000 bp. Here we see cultural transfer(pottery) from the Central Sahara toward the Nile (notice the direction). It is sometimes referred as the "Wavy Line Culture". [/QB][/QUOTE]
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