[2] This site was a part of a settlement system that people would come back to during its prime seasons of summer and winter.

A wadi is geographical term that describes a valley that would become filled with water and form a stream during the rainy season.

Wadi Kubbaniya is found on the western bank of the Nile River and is roughly 30 kilometers from Aswan.

[2] Archaeologists used these data and hypotheticals to propose the hypothesis that Wadi Kubbaniya is the earliest known site for agriculture.

However, through further investigation it was determined that the barley found was actually wild and was not an indication of early agriculture taking place at Wadi Kubbaniya.

[1] Despite their hypothesis of early agriculture proving false, the time spent on recovering and studying samples has still proven useful.

Due to their convictions of Wadi Kubbaniya being one of the earliest sites for agriculture, there was much time and effort put into carefully excavating plant remains from the soil.

[2] There is now a large and diverse collection of plant remains from Wadi Kubbaniya that tells us more about the area, hunter-gatherers, and possibly other Late Paleolithic sites in Egypt.

[1] Wadi Kubbaniya was discovered by Fred Wendorf and Romuald Schild[6] in January 1967 during the Combined Prehistoric Expedition.

[7] Blades were located near where there is observed breakage of the right ulna and left humerus; speculative evidence that they were involved in cause of death.

[7] Age and sex estimation were performed on the remains, leading to data describing the individual as a young man, possibly 20–25 years old.

[8] Biological sex is surmised through the skeleton having a valgus angle within the male range, broader shoulders compared to hips, a narrow pelvic brim, large femoral and humeral heads, evidence for more muscle mass, and a more prominent brow ridge.

The grinding stones found at the site are strong evidence that they ground these tubers to make them more edible.

Work on this site began in 2014 by the Combined Prehistoric Expedition Foundation and the Aswan-Kom Ombo Archaeological Project (CPEF/AKAP).

[9] Of the stone tools discovered, they were determined to be basic technology- mostly made of Chert and Egyptian flint.

Scientists theorized that the evidence of only fish indicated that this site was a dry season occupation zone.

Site E-83-4 has been excavated and documented to have contained 461 pieces that resemble the Afian industry, with 262 being chips and chunks and 3 cores.

[10] 2063 artifacts were collected from site E-78-5e which shows evidence for a blade industry with materials of mainly chert, but also agate, granite, jasper, quartz, and chalcedony.

[10] Some argue that the Silsilian industry is really a part of the Ballanan, and spans from northern Upper Egypt to Nubia.