Tasian culture
Badari culture, Amratian culture |
Periods and dynasties of ancient Egypt | ||
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All years are BC | ||
XXXIII | 305–30 |
The Tasian culture is possibly one of the oldest-known
The Tasian culture group is notable for producing the earliest
As the Predynastic period in
Excavations of Tasian burials have yielded a number of skeletons. The fossils are generally taller and more robust than later predynastic Egyptian specimens. In this regard, the Tasian skeletons are most similar to those associated with the
Archaeological evidence has suggested that the Tasian and Badarian Nile Valley sites were a peripheral network of earlier African cultures that featured the movement of
Tasians were shown to have dental traits similar to Sub-Saharan Africans and some also to North Africans. According to the researchers, it is possible that the population may have been a mix of both groups, but the sample size was concluded to be to small to make definitive statements.[8]
References
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- ^ "University College London. "Tasian"". www.ucl.ac.uk.
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- ^ Grimal, Nicolas (1988). A History of Ancient Egypt. Librairie Arthéme Fayard. p. 35.
- ^ Forde-Johnston, James L. (1959). Neolithic cultures of North Africa: aspects of one phase in the development of the African stone age cultures. University of California. p. 58. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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- ^ Friedman, Renee; Hobbs, Joseph (2002-01-01). "Friedman Hobbs 2002 A 'Tasian' Tomb in Egypt's Eastern Desert". Egypt and Nubia. Gifts of the Desert, edited by R. Friedman.
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