essay
Tombs of the elite in Minshat Abu Omar
nile delta in transition : 4th.-3rd. millennium b.c. : proceedings of the seminar held in cairo, 21.-24. october 1990, at the netherlands institute of archaeology and arabic studies • Tel Aviv, Israel • Published In 1992 • Pages: 127-150
By: Kroeper, Karla.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kroeper describes eight elite tombs and their contents from the Early Dynastic period, probably the first Dynasty. These tombs were probably the graves of the ruling elite of Minshat Abu Omar. Only a couple of generations are represented by these tombs. There seems to be no gender differences in the burials according to the offerings or tomb construction. The author uses the word NIVEAU without translating it. The word is French and means level as in a stratigraphic level.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Masonry
- Miscellaneous structures
- Utensils
- Burial practices and funerals
- 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
- 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
- 1978-1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1st Dynasty
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Minshat Abu Omar, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Karla Kroeper
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93135611
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Egypt--Antiquities/Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.