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General summary and conclusions: issues in Predynastic culture history
Predynastic of Hierakonpolis: an interim report, Michael Allen Hoffman with by Barbara Adams … [et al • (1) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 139-148
By: Hoffman, Michael A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 regional exchange and a discussion on Hierakonpolis being a pottery production center, population size, social stratification, and ideology.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Status, role, and prestige
- Social relationships and groups
- 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
- 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
- 1969, 1978-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5800 BP-5000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hierakonpolis, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael Allen Hoffman
- For bibliographical references see document 8:[Hoffman]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83961388
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period--Egypt/Egypt--Antiquities