book chapter

The Stone Age and the Early Predynastic cultures

Early Egypt : the rise of civilisation in the Nile ValleyLondonPublished In 1993 • Pages: 17-33

By: Spencer, A. Jeffrey.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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, lithic and bone artifacts, art and religious objects, and mace heads. This document includes photos of artifacts not seen in the other eHRAF documents in this file.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Personal grooming
Bone, horn, and shell technology
Ceramic technology
Lithic industries
General tools
Utensils
Visual arts
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
book chapter
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
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
not specified
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
7000 BP- 5600 BP (5000 B.C.-3600 B.C.)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Upper Egypt
NotesAdditional notes
A.J. Spencer
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
94144715
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Neolithic period--Egypt/Egypt--Antiquities