Clayton ring from Bargat El-Shab (Western Desert, Egypt) = Pierścień Claytona z Bargat El-Shab (Pustynia Zachodnia, Egipt)
[ 1 ] Ośrodek Studiów Pradziejowych i Średniowiecznych w Poznaniu, Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk | [ P ] pracownik
2020
artykuł naukowy
angielski
EN The paper focuses on the find of Clayton ring (a conical ceramic object open at both ends) at Bargat El-Shab and presents the results of its analysis. Moreover, the authors refer to the cultural context of the find in the Bargat El-Shab region and present a short overview of the cultural situation in the Western Desert at the end of the Holocene humid phase. The find from Bargat El Shab is compared with other known Clayton rings registered in the Eastern Sahara. Although the largest number of rings is found in the Dakhleh Oasis and adjacent areas, they are also known in areas located within a 300 km radius from the oasis. The presence of rings is linked to the movement of pastoral groups of the Sheikh Muftah culture at the time of the desiccation of the Eastern Sahara in search of raw materials, food, water, pastures for animals, as well as in need of contacts and exchanges with other communities occupied the desert and the Nile Valley. The Clayton ring from Bargat El-Shab is the southernmost find of this artifact and the southernmost trace of Sheikh Muftah culture in Egypt.
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