Table of Contents

1. Introduction; K. Nelson. 2. Ceramic Types of the Nabta-Kiseiba Area; K. Nelson. 3. Ceramic Assemblages of the Nabta-Kiseiba Area; K. Nelson. 4. Neolithic Ceramic Production in the Eastern Sahara of Egypt; M. Nieves Zedeño. 5. Early Neolithic Pottery of the Nabta-Kiseiba Area: Stylistic Attributes and Regional Relationships; M.C. Gatto. 6. Wavy Line Ceramics: Evidence from Northeastern Africa; F. Jesse. 7. Conclusions; K. Nelson. Appendix I: Petrographic Analysis. Appendix II: Petrographic Photomicrographs. References. Index.

Reviews

"The Authors of this volume have to be praised for the level and the precision of their analyses.The pottery of the Nabta-Kiseiba deserves such an analysis as it documents one of the very first steps of ceramic craftsmanship in Africa."
(Journal of Anthropologuical Research, 59 (2003)