essay
A Statistical analysis of the Protodynastic burials in the 'valley' cemetery of Kafr Tarkhan
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: 241-258
By: Ellis, Christopher J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Ellis re-examines one of Petrie's cemeteries. 'The aim of this paper is to statistically analyze the data from the protodynastic 'valley' cemetery of Kafr Tarkhan, to assess the possible nature and degree of any social differences reflected in contemporaneous mortuary practices.' (page 241). Children show the most inequality. Men had the fewest grave artifacts so status may have been expressed some other way not expressable in the archaeological record of a cemetery.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Maps
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Mortality
- Status, role, and prestige
- Age stratification
- Gender status
- 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
- 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
- Late Predynastic-Early Dynastic
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kafr Tarkhan cemetery; Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Chris Ellis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-258)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93135611
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Egypt--Antiquities/Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.