Before the pyramids : the origins of Egyptian civilization /

Before the pyramids : the origins of Egyptian civilization /

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Corporate Author: University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Museum.

Other Authors: Teeter, Emily.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Chicago, Ill. : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, c2011.

Series: Oriental Institute Museum publications ; 33.

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University of Chicago. > Oriental Institute. > Museum > Exhibitions.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Egypt > Exhibitions.
Prehistoric peoples > Egypt > Exhibitions.
Egypt > Antiquities > Exhibitions.
Egypt > History > Early Dynastic Period, ca. 3100-ca. 2686 B.C. > Exhibitions.
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C. > Exhibitions.

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Call Number: N5335 .C55 O78 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword /
  • Gil J. Stein
  • The early chronology of Egypt
  • Introduction /
  • Emily Teeter
  • List of contributors
  • Map of principal areas and sites
  • Sequence dating and Predynastic chronology /
  • Stan Hendrickx
  • Petrie and the discovery of earliest Egypt /
  • Patricia Spencer
  • Political organization of Egypt in the Predynastic Period /
  • Branislav Andelkovic
  • Hierakonpolis /
  • Renee Friedman
  • The Predynastic cultures of the Nile delta /
  • Yunn Tristant and Beatrix Midant-Reynes
  • The Predynastic/Early Dynastic Period at Tell el-Farkha /
  • Krzystof M. Cialowicz
  • Material culture of the Predynastic Period /
  • Alice Stevenson
  • Iconography of the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods /
  • Stan Hendrickx
  • Relations between Egypt and Nubia in the Naqada Period /
  • Bruce B. Williams
  • Crafts and craft specialization /
  • Stan Hendrickx
  • The invention of writing in Egypt /
  • David Wengrow
  • Early interaction between peoples of the Nile Valley and the southern Levant /
  • Eliot Braun
  • The rise of the Egyptian state /
  • E. Christiana Kohler
  • Tomb U-j : a royal burial of Dynasty 0 at Abydos /
  • Gunter Dreyer
  • The first kings of Egypt : the Abydos evidence /
  • Laurel Bestock
  • The Narmer Palette : a new interpretation /
  • David O'Connor
  • Catalog of objects. The physical setting : the Nile Valley (Contact and trade ; Sequence dating) ; The culture of Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt (Predynastic pottery of upper Egypt ; Stone work) ; Early Dynastic religion (Gods ; Votive offerings) ; Rise of the state (The battlefield palette ; Statue of King Khasekhem ; The invention of writing ; Symbols of royal power ; Objects from the royal tombs ; Subsidiary burials of the First Dynasty)
  • Concordance of museum registration numbers
  • Checklist of the exhibit.