Badarian culture

Badarian culture
	El-Badari
Geographical range	Egypt
Period	Neolithic
Dates	circa 5,000 B.C. — circa 4,000 B.C.
Type site	El-Badari
Characteristics	Contemporary with Tasian culture, Merimde culture
Preceded by	Faiyum A culture
Followed by	Amratian culture

The Badarian culture provides the earliest direct evidence of agriculture in Upper Egypt during the Predynastic Era.^[2] It flourished between 4400 and 4000 BC,^[3] and might have already emerged by 5000 BC.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Watterson, Barbara (1998). The Egyptians. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 31. ISBN 0-631-21195-0.
^ Holmes, D., & Friedman, R. (1994). Survey and Test Excavations in the Badari Region, Egypt. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 60(1), 105-142. doi:10.1017/S0079497X0000342X
^ Shaw, Ian, ed. (2000). The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. pp. 479. ISBN 0-19-815034-2.

[Watterson-1] Watterson, Barbara (1998). The Egyptians. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 31. ISBN 0-631-21195-0.

[Holmes,_D._1994-2] Holmes, D., & Friedman, R. (1994). Survey and Test Excavations in the Badari Region, Egypt. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 60(1), 105-142. doi:10.1017/S0079497X0000342X

[3] Shaw, Ian, ed. (2000). The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. pp. 479. ISBN 0-19-815034-2.

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