essay
Minshat Abu Omar: burials with palettes
aspects of early egypt • London • Published In 1996 • Pages: 70-84 , plates
By: Kroeper, Karla.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kroeper examines the 37 palettes found at Minshat Abu Omar in the Delta. The graves and the various grave goods associated with them are described. The types of palettes found and their distribution in the graves and the cemetery are examined. Drawings of some of the graves and all of the palettes are provided along with photos of some of the graves.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mortality
- Ornament
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Paint and dye manufacture
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Dynastic Egypt
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978-1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Naqada II to mid-second dynasty
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Minshat Abu Omar, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Karla Kroeper
- For bibliographical references see document 6: Spencer
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97171109
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Egypt--Antiquities/Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.