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The Stone Age and the Early Predynastic culturesbook chapter 1993 • Spencer, A. Jeffrey
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
Spencer discusses the paleolithic, neolithic, and predynastic cultures for Upper and Lower Egypt. For the predynastic period of Upper Egypt, the Badarian and Naqada cultures are described along with the objects found in the graves such as ceramics, l...The Later Predynastic Periodbook chapter 1993 • Spencer, A. Jeffrey
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
Spencer summarizes the Middle to Late Predynastic period and discusses the changes (house style, cemeteries, urbanization, ceramics, art, palettes, etc.). He talks about a gradual influx of newcomers around Naqada II, but there is also continuity wit...The unification of the landbook chapter 1993 • Spencer, A. Jeffrey
Early Dynastic Egypt • Africa > Northern Africa
Spencer describes some of the processes that occurred in unifying the northern and southern kingdoms. The unification took place over several hundred years in two stages; the spread of the material culture first during the Late Predynastic Period, fo...The early dynastiesbook chapter 1993 • Spencer, A. Jeffrey
Early Dynastic Egypt • Africa > Northern Africa
Spencer discusses the first two dynasties. He explains that '…the transition from the Late Predynatic Period into the First Dynasty now appears to have been a far less dramatic event than was previously supposed. Rather than a sudden conquest … a pic...Referencesessay 1996 • Spencer, A. Jeffrey
Early Dynastic Egypt • Africa > Northern Africa
This document is the bibliography for eHRAF numbers 7-16....