Abstract:
Abstract
Ever since Arkell's work in the sites of Early Khartoum and
Shaheinab in Central Sudan, the two types of C. W. L and D. W. L pottery
recovered, and their counterparts east and west of the Nile, formed
a diagnostic feature for what seems to be a "culture area" extending from
the Butana in the east to Mauritania in the west. This raised many
questions in regard to the chronology, origin, spread …..etc.
This thesis attempts to address these issues, but has been confronted
many obstacles: the data base from the sites suffers some inconsistent
classification , pottery types in the deposits were not clearly attributed to
specific levels, as do radiocarbon results in certain sites, and some dates
were published uncalibrated.
Yet we covered the sites with stratified deposits with each type of
pottery and those with both types. We also singled the sites with calibrated
dates attributed to each type.
This has resulted in two types of pottery having little in common,
each originated in a different area, spread in different directions and each
ceased in use at different times.