A-Group

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A-Group was an early Nubian archaeological culture in Lower Nubia, known for its distinctive pottery, burial customs, and interactions with predynastic and early dynastic Egypt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
A-Group canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nubian culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
prehistoric culture ⓘ
disappearedBy around 2800 BCE ⓘ
followedBy C-Group culture ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Early Nubian A-Group ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceType cemeteries ⓘ
ceramic assemblages ⓘ
graves ⓘ
hasBurialCustom flexed inhumations ⓘ
grave goods accompanying the dead ⓘ
tumulus graves ⓘ
hasCenter region between Aswan and the Second Cataract of the Nile ⓘ
hasCulturalRelation early Nubian–Egyptian interaction sphere ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
trade with Egypt ⓘ
hasGeographicalContext Nile Valley ⓘ
hasMaterialCulture copper objects ⓘ
decorated pottery ⓘ
fine black-topped red ware pottery ⓘ
ivory objects ⓘ
stone vessels ⓘ
hasTimePeriod Early Dynastic Egypt period ⓘ
Predynastic Egypt period ⓘ
linked to: Predynastic Egypt

late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ
hasTypeSite Ballana ⓘ
Qustul ⓘ
Sayala ⓘ
interactedWith Early Dynastic Egyptians ⓘ
Predynastic Egyptians ⓘ
linked to: Predynastic Egypt
knownFor burial customs ⓘ
distinctive pottery ⓘ
interaction with early dynastic Egypt ⓘ
interaction with predynastic Egypt ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Nubia ⓘ
Nubia ⓘ
partOf prehistory of Egypt ⓘ
prehistory of Sudan ⓘ
precededBy Early Nubian Neolithic cultures ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Egyptology ⓘ
Nubian archaeology ⓘ
tradedCommodity animal skins ⓘ
ebony ⓘ
gold ⓘ
incense ⓘ
ivory ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qustul → culture → A-Group ⓘ