Book
Archaic Egypt
Penguin • Harmondsworth • Published In 1972 • Pages: 269 , plates
By: Emery, Walter B. (Walter Bryan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a synthesis of archaic Egypt. Emery considers the book only an introduction to Nile civilization during the first two dynasties. As most of the archaeology has been of kings' tombs and the records mostly deal with kings, the empahsis in this book is on the early kings. Emery discusses the kings of the first two dynasties, what is known of the government and social classes, the military and weapons, religion (mostly the different gods and what they represented), art, architecture (mostly as found in tombs), building construction, writing, trade, the stone and ceramic industries, metal work, jewelry, leatherwork, agriculture, furniture, and dress.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- History
- Sociocultural trends
- Mnemonic devices
- Writing
- Miscellaneous structures
- Weapons
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Chief executive
- Executive household
- Burial practices and funerals
- Spirits and gods
- Religious denominations
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Dynastic Egypt
- 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
- 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
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5100 BP-4700 BP (3100 B.C.-2700 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Walter B. Emery
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-261)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73156384
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Egypt--Antiquities/Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.