essay

The Nile Delta in transition: a view from Tell el-Farkha

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 studiesTel Aviv, IsraelPublished In 1992 • Pages: 171-190

By: Chlodnicki, Marek, Fattovich, Rodolfo, Salvatore, Sandro.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Chlodnicki writes about a survey in the eastern Delta and excavations at Tell el-Farkha. More than 30 sites from the 4th-3rd millennia were recorded during the survey. Four occupation phases have been found at the excavated site. The pottery from the site is discussed. Some of the more recent research in the Delta points to 'a good amount of evidence about the presence of Naqada II … cultural elements in the Delta area … pointing to a Gerzean expansion towards and 'colonization' of that general area.… [A] consolidation phase can be seen to occur at the very end of Naqada II and during Naqada III.…The picture … [compels] us to to review the traditional theory of a dynastic conquest of the Delta, but probably not a too much hurried removal of conflictuality as an acting force in the unification processes.' (page 186).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Archaeological excavation methods
Sociocultural trends
Ceramic technology
Settlement patterns
Cultural stratigraphy
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
1987-1989
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Predynastic-Dynasty IV
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Tell el-Farkha, Egypt
NotesAdditional notes
M. Chlodnicki, R. Fattovich and S. Salvatori
Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-190)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
93135611
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Egypt--Antiquities/Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.