Nubian C-Group

C group is the name of a prehistoric culture in Nubia. It is filled to the south from the second cataract, and in the north to north of Aswan in Egypt and corresponds in its spread, therefore, with the A group. The C group dates from about 2200 BC to about 1500 BC This corresponds to the period of the Egyptian 6th Dynasty until the time of the New Kingdom.

The origin of the C group is controversial. The term was coined in the early 20th century through the first systematic excavator in Nubia George Andrew Reisner. We discuss waves of immigration from the western or southern Sudan region in the research. Indeed, there are in the whole of the eastern Sahara comparable cultures. The people of the C group were predominantly of Mediterranean type.

The C group is chronologically into three intermediates ( I - III) divided. It is mainly due to their circular tombs known, the lower part was layered stone and covered with a sand hill. The few architectural remains indicate that these people first lived in tent-like and later in solid rectangular plastered with mud huts. This may reflect the transition from semi-nomadic lifestyle to a settled full. In the end, even large settlements with surrounding walls can be detected. Aniba and Sayala are among the few places in Nubia, where from 1600 BC incurred fortified settlements were uncovered.

The basis of life is similar to the A group ( crops, livestock, hunting and fishing). The handmade pottery is burned black, with geometric patterns that are inserted into white color predominate. With the conquest of Nubia by the Egyptians around 1500 BC, the C group slowly disappeared, but there are apparently places where they stayed longer. The C group is also sporadically occupied in the Second Intermediate Period in Egypt, which may point to immigration from the south to Egypt.

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