  Shown within Egypt | |
| Location | near Saint Catherine's Monastery, Egypt |
|---|---|
| Region | Sinai |
| Coordinates | 28°33′20″N 33°58′34″E / 28.5555°N 33.9762°E |
| Type | Cluster of Tells |
| Part of | Settlements |
| Length | 20 metres (66 ft) (Abu Madi III) |
| Width | 20 metres (66 ft) (Abu Madi III) |
| Area | 0.008 hectares (860 sq ft) (Abu Madi I) |
| History | |
| Material | Granite |
| Founded | c. 10100 BP |
| Abandoned | c. 9700 BP |
| Periods | Khiamian, PPNA |
| Cultures | Khiamian, Abu Madi Entity |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1980– |
| Archaeologists | Ofer Bar-Yosef |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Public access | Yes |
Abu Madi (Arabic:أبو ماضي) is a cluster of prehistoric, Neolithic tell mounds in Southern Sinai, Egypt. It is located east of Saint Catherine's Monastery at the bottom of a granite ridge. It was suggested to have been a seasonal encampment for groups of hunter gatherers and contained the remains of two major settlements; Abu Madi I and Abu Madi III.[1][2] Abi Madi I is a small site with the remains of a partially buried 4 metres (13 ft) building containing deposits up to a depth of 1.3 metres (4.3 ft).[3] Abu Madi III was an area of roughly 20 square metres (220 sq ft) that was excavated close to a large nearby boulder.[4] Dwellings were found to have stone built silos next to them.[5] It was first excavated in the early 1980s by Ofer Bar-Yosef.[6]
- ^ Ofer Bar-Yosef; Eitan Tchernov; Avi Gopher (1997). An early neolithic village in the Jordan Valley. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. ISBN 978-0-87365-547-7.
- ^ Fredrik Talmage Hiebert (1994). Origins of the Bronze Age oasis civilization in Central Asia. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. ISBN 978-0-87365-545-3.
- ^ The Review of archaeology. Review of Archaeology. 1991.
- ^ Juliet Clutton-Brock; Caroline Grigson; International Council for Archaeozoology; University of London. Institute of Archaeology (1984). Animals and Archaeology: Early herders and their flocks. British Archaeological Reports. ISBN 978-0-86054-259-9.
- ^ Pavel Markovich Dolukhanov (1994). Environment and ethnicty [sic] in the Middle East. Avebury. ISBN 978-1-85628-706-7.
- ^ Bar-Yosef, Ofer., Pre-Pottery Neolithic sites in Southern Sinai. Biblical Archaeologist 45:9–12, 1981.