AHIS170 Lecture 3: AHIS170-Lec-3
27 Aug 2018
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* the predynastic period (5000 (cid:1679) 3150 bc) is the period before the establishment of the ruling dynasties in egypt, before the formation of the state in 3350 bc. * the predynastic period is characterised by an increase in social complexity, with larger farming communities, craft specialisation, social hierarchy, international exchange/trade of resources, appearance of metallurgy, and luxury product acquisition. * the two main cultures of the predynastic period, based on petrie"s seriation of predynastic pottery are: * naqada culture, with 3 main phases: naqada i, ii and iii. * archaeological culture: an assemblage of artefacts assumed to be representative of a particular set of activities carried out at a specific time and particular geographic region (time and place) * rectangular mud brick houses eventually replace circular wattle and daub huts. * excavated by guy brunton & gertrude caton-thompson, g. in 1920(cid:1685)s.
