This book is a vital contribution on the growing literature on the River Nile. The book handles issues like land in the Nile Basin region and its resources, gives a chronological and cultural development dimension of the Neolithic, including subsistence and settlement patterns,material culture and burial customs. The archaeological investigation into Neolithic societies casts new light on how people interacted with, and depend upon the river Nile. By acquiring ever more knowledge about these past societies, we gain an understanding of human development in the area over last thousands of years.