Shamarkian

A Nubian microlithic industry of 8000-6000 years ago in the Sudanese Nile Valley. The typology of the industry shows certain Saharan affinities. By the 6th millennium BC, some of the tool makers had adopted a specialized fishing economy using harpoons with barbed bone heads, as seen at Catfish Cave near the Second Nile Cataract.

A Nubian microlithic industry of the period 10,000-6000 bc, the typology of which shows certain Saharan affinities. By the 6th millennium some of the makers of this industry had adopted a specialized fishing economy using harpoons with barbed bone heads, as preserved at ‘Catfish Cave’ near the Second Nile Cataract.