Predynastic (Egyptology)

In: Quest for Immortality -- The Bolton Museum Collection. Taipei: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Museum, 2011.

by Jane A. Hill

Cylinder Jar Fragment with Ink Inscription, pg. 26
Cosmetic Palette, pg. 30
Tarkhan Bowl and Saqqara Bowl, pg. 31
Jar Sealing with Royal Seal Impression, pg. 32
Ripple Flaked Knife and Painted Jar, pg. 33
Predynastic Tomb Group, pp. 34-35
Black-Topped Red Ware Ceramics, pp. 36-37
Click Beetle Bracelet, pg. 69
Pounding Stone and Platform, pg. 87
Lion Figurine, pg. 144

Catalog for an exhibit of more than 100 artifacts from the Egyptology collection of Bolton Museum, Lancashire, UK,... more Catalog for an exhibit of more than 100 artifacts from the Egyptology collection of Bolton Museum, Lancashire, UK, part of an exhibition which will tour China and Taiwan for up to two years.

The Predynastic cemeteries of Abydos

by Alice Stevenson

Published in Egyptian Archaeology 34 (2009), 25–26.

Social relationships in Predynastic burials

by Alice Stevenson

published in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 2009, volume 95, pp. 175-192

Of all Ancient Egyptian eras, it has been the Predynastic (primarily the fourth millennium BC) that has received the... more Of all Ancient Egyptian eras, it has been the Predynastic (primarily the fourth millennium BC) that has received the greatest attention from anthropologically derived models of mortuary behaviour. Yet these have in the past been limited mainly to models of social status and wealth derived from archaeological theories of the early 1970s, which have long been critiqued in other areas of archaeological discourse. There is emerging within Egyptology, however, an increasing engagement with more recent thinking. Following an overview of developments in mortuary archaeology, this article aims to contribute to this discussion of alternative social models of Predynastic mortuary remains. In particular it aims to challenge the overriding assumption that burial form and content is a reflection or correlate of individual status or identity, or that it simply forms an index for social ranking. Rather, it will be argued that these contexts may additionally reveal aspects of the relationships between people, objects, and places. In doing so it is possible to consider some of the ideological aspects of Predynastic burials in addition to the social-economic aspects that are more often discussed. Such an approach allows for concepts of wealth and status to be decoupled in models of transformations in social complexity and gives a more textured account of the resources utilised in the negotiation of social power during the Predynastic period.

Predynastic Palettes

by Alice Stevenson

Stevenson, Alice, 2009, Palettes. In Willeke Wendrich (ed.), UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, Los Angeles. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7dh0x2n0

Mace

by Alice Stevenson

Stevenson, Alice, 2008, Mace. In Willeke Wendrich (ed.), UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, Los Angeles, http://escholarship.org/uc/item/497168cs

The aesthetics of Predynastic burial practices

by Alice Stevenson

Published in Archaeological Review from Cambridge vol 22.1 April 2007