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Egypt before the pharaohsBook 1979 • Hoffman, Michael A.
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
Hoffman has written a comprehensive account of Egypt's prehistory, from the Lower Paleolithic down to the first Dynasty, for the general reader. Hoffman stresses the importance of the early researchers in Egyptian prehistory, stating, '… Egyptian pre...Referencesessay 1982 • Hoffman, Michael A.
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
This document is the bibliography for eHRAF documents nos. 15-23....Introductionessay 1982 • Hoffman, Michael A.
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
This document is the introduction for eHRAF documents nos. 16-23. It discusses the aims, organization, and the theoretical orientation of the Hierakonpolis report. It also discusses the setting of the area and past research in the area....Settlement patterns and settlement systemsessay 1982 • Hoffman, Michael A.
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
Hoffman presents information on settlement pattern in the Hierakonpolis area. Each locality and the settlement data from it are presented in a table. Information on kiln sites is presented separately as is cemetery data. Hoffman provides estimates of...General summary and conclusionsessay 1982 • Hoffman, Michael A.
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
Hoffman present the conclusion to the preliminary report on the archaeology in the Hierakonpolis area. He discusses chronological issues, environmental issues such as climate change and environmental degradation, economic issues such as local and reg...Culture history and cultural ecology at Heirakonpolis from paleolithic times to the Old KingdomBook 2004 • Hoffman, Michael A.
Protohistoric Egypt • Africa > Northern Africa
Hoffman describes the preliminary mapping, surveying, and testing of the region around Hierakonpolis. The 1967 excavations at the town of Kom el Ahmar found a variety of structures that dated to the Old Kingdom and earlier. Only one surface site in t...Artifact analysesessay 1982 • Hoffman, Michael A. & Berger, Michael
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
Hoffman and Berger discuss their approach to ceramic classification. In this analysis they used sherds from settlement sites to modify Petrie's Predynastic ceramic system. Most of the sherds used were from Locality 29 and for the analysis they used a...Site reports and mapping projectessay 1982 • Hoffman, Michael A. et al.
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
Hoffman et al. wanted to test a representative range of sites around the Great Wadi at Hierakonpolis. In this document they present the preliminary reports on the test excavations at Localities 29, 11C, 54, 30A, 27, and 6. The reports include the fie...The fort cemetery at HierakonpolisBook 1987 • Adams, Barbara & Hoffman, Michael A.
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
Adams has published detailed grave records based on John Garstang's 1905 excavations of the Predynastic cemetery within the mudbrick 'Fort' at Heirakonpolis. To do so, she used his notebooks and records and contacted the various museums that had obje...