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The Egyptian Predynastic: a review of the evidence
Journal of field archaeology • 21 (3) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 265-288
By: Bard, Kathryn A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Bard reviews the Predynastic in Egypt with an overview of the main sites. She then discusses the transition to the early dynastic state. She also describes the archaeological evidence of the Nagada culture's move to the north, first to the Fayum during Nagada IIc-d and then into the Delta in Nagada III. This move north can not be explained solely as a military conquest and Bard presents some alternatives for this acculturation.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Location
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Settlement patterns
- External trade
- Burial practices and funerals
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Upper Egypt Predynastic
- 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
- article
- 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
- 1989 and 1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Nagada I - III
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Upper Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kathryn A. Bard
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-288)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75641025
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period--Egypt/Egypt--Antiquities