NMC101H1 Chapter 1&2: Chapters 1 & 2 of the Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
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Introduction: chronologies and cultural change in egypt (ian shaw) Chapters 1 & 2 century bc cient texts: 3) radiometric methods, by means of which particular types of artifacts or organic remains can be assigned dates based on the measurement of radioactive decay or accumulation. From prehistory to history: late predynastic artifacts and the palermo stone. Chapters 1 & 2: only small number of artifacts from the late predynastic period that can be used as historical sources, documenting the transition into full unified statehood. These are: funerary stelae, votive palettes, ceremonial maceheads and, small labels (of wood, ivory or bone) originally attached to items of elite funerary equipment. Some of the smaller, earlier labels are simply records of the nature or origins of the grave goods to which they were attached. Bc) inscribed on both sides with royal annals stretching back to the mythical prehistoric rulers: obviously the kind of document that manetho consulted when he was compiling his history or.